REVISITING THE RECRUITMENT-MORTALITY EQUATION TO ASSESS MOOSE GROWTH RATES
Hatter and Bergerud (1991) developed a recruitment-mortality (R-M) equation to estimate the annual finite rate of change (λ) in a moose (Alces alces) population from a single estimate of calf recruitment and adult mortality. I present and assess an alternative formulation of the R-M equation and com...
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ftjalces:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/263 2023-05-15T13:13:13+02:00 REVISITING THE RECRUITMENT-MORTALITY EQUATION TO ASSESS MOOSE GROWTH RATES Hatter, Ian W. 2020-08-06 application/pdf http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/263 eng eng Lakehead University http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/263/301 http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/263 Copyright (c) 2020 Alces: A Journal Devoted to the Biology and Management of Moose Alces: A Journal Devoted to the Biology and Management of Moose; Vol. 56 (2020); 39-47 2293-6629 0835-5851 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2020 ftjalces 2022-02-12T19:35:46Z Hatter and Bergerud (1991) developed a recruitment-mortality (R-M) equation to estimate the annual finite rate of change (λ) in a moose (Alces alces) population from a single estimate of calf recruitment and adult mortality. I present and assess an alternative formulation of the R-M equation and compare it with the original. A modification to the R-M equations is provided to accommodate early to mid-winter composition surveys where recruitment is measured when calves are less than 1 year-of-age. An example with the modified R-M equation illustrates estimation of λ for the female component of two moose populations under recent study in British Columbia, Canada. Due to potential biases with estimating recruitment and mortality rates, the calculation of λ with the R-M equation should be verified with periodic density surveys whenever possible. The R-M equation is most useful for estimating λ when moose density surveys are not feasible or an estimate of the adult survival rate is available. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alces alces Alces (A Journal Devoted to the Biology and Management of Moose) British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) Canada |
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Hatter and Bergerud (1991) developed a recruitment-mortality (R-M) equation to estimate the annual finite rate of change (λ) in a moose (Alces alces) population from a single estimate of calf recruitment and adult mortality. I present and assess an alternative formulation of the R-M equation and compare it with the original. A modification to the R-M equations is provided to accommodate early to mid-winter composition surveys where recruitment is measured when calves are less than 1 year-of-age. An example with the modified R-M equation illustrates estimation of λ for the female component of two moose populations under recent study in British Columbia, Canada. Due to potential biases with estimating recruitment and mortality rates, the calculation of λ with the R-M equation should be verified with periodic density surveys whenever possible. The R-M equation is most useful for estimating λ when moose density surveys are not feasible or an estimate of the adult survival rate is available. |
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Hatter, Ian W. REVISITING THE RECRUITMENT-MORTALITY EQUATION TO ASSESS MOOSE GROWTH RATES |
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REVISITING THE RECRUITMENT-MORTALITY EQUATION TO ASSESS MOOSE GROWTH RATES |
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REVISITING THE RECRUITMENT-MORTALITY EQUATION TO ASSESS MOOSE GROWTH RATES |
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REVISITING THE RECRUITMENT-MORTALITY EQUATION TO ASSESS MOOSE GROWTH RATES |
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REVISITING THE RECRUITMENT-MORTALITY EQUATION TO ASSESS MOOSE GROWTH RATES |
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REVISITING THE RECRUITMENT-MORTALITY EQUATION TO ASSESS MOOSE GROWTH RATES |
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revisiting the recruitment-mortality equation to assess moose growth rates |
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Lakehead University |
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2020 |
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http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/263 |
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ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) |
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British Columbia Canada |
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British Columbia Canada |
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Alces alces |
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Alces alces |
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Alces: A Journal Devoted to the Biology and Management of Moose; Vol. 56 (2020); 39-47 2293-6629 0835-5851 |
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http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/263/301 http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/263 |
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Copyright (c) 2020 Alces: A Journal Devoted to the Biology and Management of Moose |
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