Transience in the humpback whale population of New Caledonia and implications for abundance estimation
International audience A phenomenon of transience in the humpback whale population breeding in New Caledonia has been highlighted in recent analyses. We used these data to illustrate the risk of flawed inference when transience is not properly accounted for in abundance estimation of resident popula...
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ftunimontpellier:oai:HAL:hal-01911600v1 2024-05-19T07:41:45+00:00 Transience in the humpback whale population of New Caledonia and implications for abundance estimation Madon, B. Garrigue, C. Pradel, Roger 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) 2013 https://hal.science/hal-01911600 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00610.x en eng HAL CCSD Wiley info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00610.x hal-01911600 https://hal.science/hal-01911600 doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00610.x ISSN: 0824-0469 EISSN: 1748-7692 Marine Mammal Science https://hal.science/hal-01911600 Marine Mammal Science, 2013, 29 (4), pp.669-678. ⟨10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00610.x⟩ Abundance Bias CNRS1 Cormack-Jolly-Seber model Humpb [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2013 ftunimontpellier https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00610.x 2024-04-24T01:17:23Z International audience A phenomenon of transience in the humpback whale population breeding in New Caledonia has been highlighted in recent analyses. We used these data to illustrate the risk of flawed inference when transience is not properly accounted for in abundance estimation of resident populations. Transients are commonly defined as individuals that pass through the sampling area once, i.e., have a null probability of being caught again, and therefore induce heterogeneity in the detection process. The presence of transients can lead to severe bias in the estimation of abundance and we demonstrate how to correct for this feature when estimating abundance of resident populations. In New Caledonia, very different conclusions about the number of resident whales in the southern lagoon between 1999 and 2005 are obtained when the abundance estimate accounts for the transient whales. Without correction, the estimates of the abundance were up to twice as high across all years compared to the estimates of the resident population when a correction for transients had been incorporated. Having reliable population estimates when assessing the status of endangered species is essential in documenting recovery and monitoring of population trends. Therefore, we encourage researchers to account for transients when reporting abundances of resident populations. \textcopyright 2012 by the Society for Marine Mammalogy. Article in Journal/Newspaper Humpback Whale Université de Montpellier: HAL Marine Mammal Science n/a n/a |
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International audience A phenomenon of transience in the humpback whale population breeding in New Caledonia has been highlighted in recent analyses. We used these data to illustrate the risk of flawed inference when transience is not properly accounted for in abundance estimation of resident populations. Transients are commonly defined as individuals that pass through the sampling area once, i.e., have a null probability of being caught again, and therefore induce heterogeneity in the detection process. The presence of transients can lead to severe bias in the estimation of abundance and we demonstrate how to correct for this feature when estimating abundance of resident populations. In New Caledonia, very different conclusions about the number of resident whales in the southern lagoon between 1999 and 2005 are obtained when the abundance estimate accounts for the transient whales. Without correction, the estimates of the abundance were up to twice as high across all years compared to the estimates of the resident population when a correction for transients had been incorporated. Having reliable population estimates when assessing the status of endangered species is essential in documenting recovery and monitoring of population trends. Therefore, we encourage researchers to account for transients when reporting abundances of resident populations. \textcopyright 2012 by the Society for Marine Mammalogy. |
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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) |
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Transience in the humpback whale population of New Caledonia and implications for abundance estimation |
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Transience in the humpback whale population of New Caledonia and implications for abundance estimation |
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Transience in the humpback whale population of New Caledonia and implications for abundance estimation |
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Transience in the humpback whale population of New Caledonia and implications for abundance estimation |
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Transience in the humpback whale population of New Caledonia and implications for abundance estimation |
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transience in the humpback whale population of new caledonia and implications for abundance estimation |
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