Capture-recapture population growth rate as a robust tool against detection heterogeneity for population management
International audience Managing large carnivores is one of the most controversial issues in wildlife conservation, as the sociopolitical challenges it raises are as important as the biological ones. Such controversial issues in wildlife conservation require objective biological components to be impl...
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mixture models IDH individual detection heterogeneity population growth rate robustness noninvasive methods Canis lupus capture-recapture DNA microsatellites France genetic testing wolf [SDE]Environmental Sciences Marescot, Lucile Pradel, Roger Duchamp, Christophe Cubaynes, Sarah Marboutin, Eric Choquet, Rémi Miquel, Christian Gimenez, Olivier Capture-recapture population growth rate as a robust tool against detection heterogeneity for population management |
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International audience Managing large carnivores is one of the most controversial issues in wildlife conservation, as the sociopolitical challenges it raises are as important as the biological ones. Such controversial issues in wildlife conservation require objective biological components to be implemented within the management decision process, in particular, a reliable way of estimating trends in abundance. However, these species usually exhibit territoriality, low densities, and social constraints that can generate individual detection heterogeneity (IDH) of methodological (sampling) or biological (social status, marking behavior) origin. If not accounted for, IDH can lead, in turn, to strong bias in the estimation of population abundance. As a complement to population size, we propose to use the population growth rate (k) estimated with capture-recapture (CR) data, a robust method to detect and account for IDH, to monitor and manage elusive species. As a case study, we consider the natural recovery of the wolf (Canis lupus) population in France, for which a previous study has shown strong IDH leading to a 27% underestimation of abundance. Analyzing a nine-year data set based on a noninvasive sampling protocol relying on wolf scat genotyping, we adopt a new CR approach to estimate k while explicitly accounting for IDH. The annual population growth rate was estimated at 1.271 6 0.087 (mean 6 SE) vs. 1.270 6 0.095 when not accounting for IDH, indicating that k is much less sensitive to IDH than is abundance. We evaluated the robustness of our approach in a simulation study using increasing levels of IDH. The bias in k increased with detection heterogeneity but was low whether we used a model with IDH or not. Finally, we discuss the management implications of our findings in terms of sampling protocols and management strategies of elusive species. |
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Capture-recapture population growth rate as a robust tool against detection heterogeneity for population management |
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Capture-recapture population growth rate as a robust tool against detection heterogeneity for population management |
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Capture-recapture population growth rate as a robust tool against detection heterogeneity for population management |
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ftunigrenoble:oai:HAL:hal-02126314v1 2024-05-19T07:38:40+00:00 Capture-recapture population growth rate as a robust tool against detection heterogeneity for population management Marescot, Lucile Pradel, Roger Duchamp, Christophe Cubaynes, Sarah Marboutin, Eric Choquet, Rémi Miquel, Christian Gimenez, Olivier Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE) Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Sud )-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro) Université Henri Poincaré - Nancy 1 (UHP) Mécanismes moléculaires dans les démences neurodégénératives (MMDN) Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) Oncfs ONCFS Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA) Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2011 https://hal.science/hal-02126314 https://hal.science/hal-02126314/document https://hal.science/hal-02126314/file/Marescot%20Ecol%20Appl%202011.pdf https://doi.org/10.1890/10-2321.1 en eng HAL CCSD Ecological Society of America info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1890/10-2321.1 hal-02126314 https://hal.science/hal-02126314 https://hal.science/hal-02126314/document https://hal.science/hal-02126314/file/Marescot%20Ecol%20Appl%202011.pdf doi:10.1890/10-2321.1 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 1051-0761 Ecological Applications https://hal.science/hal-02126314 Ecological Applications, 2011, 21, pp.2898 - 2907. ⟨10.1890/10-2321.1⟩ mixture models IDH individual detection heterogeneity population growth rate robustness noninvasive methods Canis lupus capture-recapture DNA microsatellites France genetic testing wolf [SDE]Environmental Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2011 ftunigrenoble https://doi.org/10.1890/10-2321.1 2024-04-25T00:34:14Z International audience Managing large carnivores is one of the most controversial issues in wildlife conservation, as the sociopolitical challenges it raises are as important as the biological ones. Such controversial issues in wildlife conservation require objective biological components to be implemented within the management decision process, in particular, a reliable way of estimating trends in abundance. However, these species usually exhibit territoriality, low densities, and social constraints that can generate individual detection heterogeneity (IDH) of methodological (sampling) or biological (social status, marking behavior) origin. If not accounted for, IDH can lead, in turn, to strong bias in the estimation of population abundance. As a complement to population size, we propose to use the population growth rate (k) estimated with capture-recapture (CR) data, a robust method to detect and account for IDH, to monitor and manage elusive species. As a case study, we consider the natural recovery of the wolf (Canis lupus) population in France, for which a previous study has shown strong IDH leading to a 27% underestimation of abundance. Analyzing a nine-year data set based on a noninvasive sampling protocol relying on wolf scat genotyping, we adopt a new CR approach to estimate k while explicitly accounting for IDH. The annual population growth rate was estimated at 1.271 6 0.087 (mean 6 SE) vs. 1.270 6 0.095 when not accounting for IDH, indicating that k is much less sensitive to IDH than is abundance. We evaluated the robustness of our approach in a simulation study using increasing levels of IDH. The bias in k increased with detection heterogeneity but was low whether we used a model with IDH or not. Finally, we discuss the management implications of our findings in terms of sampling protocols and management strategies of elusive species. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus Université Grenoble Alpes: HAL Ecological Applications 21 8 2898 2907 |