Estimating population parameters for the Critically Endangered Bermuda skink using robust design capture–mark–recapture modelling

• Published in: Oryx
• Main Authors: Turner, Helena, Griffiths, Richard A., Outerbridge, Mark E., Garcia, Gerardo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2019
• Subjects: QH75 Conservation (Biology); Southampton Island
• Online Access: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/77157/; https://kar.kent.ac.uk/77157/1/Turner%20et%20al%20%282019%29%20Oryx.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605318001485

Reliably estimating population parameters for highly secretive or rare animals is challenging. We report on the status of the two largest remaining populations of the Critically Endangered Bermuda skink Plestiodon longirostris, using a robust design capture–mark–recapture analysis. Skinks were tagge...