Validation of a novel time-to-event nest density estimator on passerines: An example using Brewer's sparrows (Spizella breweri).

ABSTRACT: Human impacts on natural resources increasingly necessitate understanding of the demographic rates driving wildlife population trends. Breeding productivity in many avian species is the demographic parameter that primarily influences population fluctuations. Nest density is a vital component of breeding productivity despite the fact that it is most often inferred exclusively from nest success. Unfortunately, locating every nest in a given area to determine nest density is often not feasible and can be biased by measurement error. The availability of a nest to be detected and the probability it will be detected during nest searching are two prominent sources of measurement error. A time-to-event nest density estimator has been developed that, unlike standard distance sampling methods, accou

SUBMITTER: Reintsma KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6936863 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature