Data from: Making use of multiple surveys: estimating breeding probability using a multievent-robust design capture-recapture model ...

• Main Authors: Oosthuizen, W. Chris, Pradel, Roger, Bester, Marthán N, De Bruyn, P.J. Nico
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2019
• Subjects: multievent; Mirounga leonina; Intermittent breeding; auxiliary data; breeding propensity; incidental observations; capture-recapture; robust design; Elephant Seals; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.gd23252; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.gd23252

Increased environmental stochasticity due to climate change will intensify temporal variance in the life-history traits, and especially breeding probabilities, of long-lived iteroparous species. These changes may decrease individual fitness and population viability and is therefore important to monitor. In wild animal populations with imperfect individual detection, breeding probabilities are best estimated using capture-recapture methods. However, in many vertebrate species (e.g., amphibians, turtles, seabirds), non-breeders are unobservable because they are not tied to a territory or breeding location. Although unobservable states can be used to model temporary emigration of non-breeders, there are disadvantages to having unobservable states in capture-recapture models. The best solution to deal with unobservable life-history states is therefore to eliminate them altogether. Here, we achieve this objective by fitting novel multievent-robust design models which utilize information obtained from multiple ... : Multievent capture-recapture encounter history matrixEncounter history matrix used to model breeding probability of southern elephant seals with a multievent-robust design capture-recapture model.1729 PhD data.txt ...