Estimation of Contributions to Population Growth: A Reverse-time Capture-recapture Approach

Ecology, 81(12), 2000, pp. 3362-3376.

Table 1. Estimates of population growth rate ( ) and relative contributions to population growth of adult survival ( ) and recruitment ( ) for adult meadow voles trapped on grid 4A, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland, November 1991 - May 1993.

			View SURVIV output	View JOLLY output
Trapping period	Date	+	++	++
2	1-01-92	1.06 (0.362)	- -	- -
3	2-26-92	0.59 (0.209)	0.60 (0.109)	0.40 (0.109)
4	4-22-92	1.73 (0.560)	0.64 (0.117)	0.36 (0.117)
5	6-17-92	0.97 (0.232)	0.40 (0.055)	0.60 (0.055)
6	8-12-92	0.87 (0.126)	0.50 (0.064)	0.50 (0.064)
7	10-07-92	1.39 (0.140)	0.65 (0.049)	0.35 (0.049)
8	12-01-92	0.70 (0.107)	0.53 (0.043)	0.47 (0.043)
9	1-27-93	0.59 (0.183)	0.83 (0.049)	0.17 (0.049)
10	3-25-93	- -	0.70 (0.081)	0.30 (0.081)
11	5-20-93	- -	0.58 (0.109)	0.42 (0.109)

⁺Estimated directly using the approach of Pradel (1996).

⁺⁺Estimated using reverse-time capture-recapture.

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