Data from: A critical assessment of estimating census population size from genetic population size (or vice versa) in three fishes ...
Technological and methodological advances have facilitated the use of genetic data to infer census population size (Nc) in natural populations, particularly where traditional mark-and-recapture is challenging. The effective number of breeders (Nb) describes how many adults effectively contribute to...
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Dryad
2017
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.136bm https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.136bm |
| Summary: | Technological and methodological advances have facilitated the use of genetic data to infer census population size (Nc) in natural populations, particularly where traditional mark-and-recapture is challenging. The effective number of breeders (Nb) describes how many adults effectively contribute to a cohort and is often correlated with Nc. Predicting Nc from Nb or vice-versa in species with overlapping generations has important implications for conservation by permitting (i) estimation of the more difficult to quantify variable and (ii) inferences of Nb/Nc relationships in related species lacking data. We quantitatively synthesized Nb/Nc relationships in three salmonid fishes where sufficient data has recently accumulated. Mixed-effects models were analyzed in which each variable was included as a dependent variable or predictor term (Nb from Nc and vice versa). Species-dependent Nb/Nc slope estimates were significantly positive in two of three species; variation in species slopes were likely due to varying ... : Yates_et_al_2016_datasetData associated with quantitative synthesis examining Nb/Nc relationships among three salmonid fishes ... |
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