Survival estimates, mortality patterns, and population growth of Fennoscandian mallards Anas platyrhynchos

• Main Authors: Gunnarsson, Gunnar, Elmberg, Johan, Dessborn, Lisa, Jonzén, Niclas, Pöysä, Hannu, Valkama, Jari
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Högskolan Kristianstad, Avdelningen för Naturvetenskap 2008
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Biologiska vetenskaper; Pulli; Fennoscandian
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-642

Long-term mallard capture-recapture data from Sweden and Finland were analyzed to describe temporal mortality patterns and reasons. We used program MARK and Seber models to estimate annual survival (S) and recovery (r) rates. Survival rates were used in a Monte Carlo simulation to evaluate the corre...