Shifting trends: detecting environmentally mediated regulation in long-lived marine vertebrates using time-series data
© Springer-Verlag 2008 Assessing the status and trends in animal populations is essential for effective species conservation and management practices. However, unless time-series abundance data demonstrate rapid and reliable fluctuations, objective appraisal of directionality of trends is problemati...
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ftunivadelaidedl:oai:digital.library.adelaide.edu.au:2440/50615 2023-12-17T10:29:39+01:00 Shifting trends: detecting environmentally mediated regulation in long-lived marine vertebrates using time-series data McMahon, C. Bester, M. Hindell, M. Brook, B. Bradshaw, C. 2009 http://hdl.handle.net/2440/50615 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-008-1205-9 en eng Springer Oecologia, 2009; 159(1):69-82 0029-8549 1432-1939 http://hdl.handle.net/2440/50615 doi:10.1007/s00442-008-1205-9 Bradshaw, C. [0000-0002-5328-7741] http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-008-1205-9 Animals Seals Earless Ecosystem Population Dynamics Time Factors Australia Female Journal article 2009 ftunivadelaidedl https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-008-1205-9 2023-11-20T23:26:42Z © Springer-Verlag 2008 Assessing the status and trends in animal populations is essential for effective species conservation and management practices. However, unless time-series abundance data demonstrate rapid and reliable fluctuations, objective appraisal of directionality of trends is problematic. We adopted a multiple-working hypotheses approach based on information-theoretic and Bayesian multi-model inference to examine the population trends and form of intrinsic regulation demonstrated by a long-lived species, the southern elephant seal. We also determined the evidence for density dependence in 11 other well-studied marine mammal species. (1) We tested the type of population regulation for elephant seals from Marion Island (1986–2004) and from 11 other marine mammal species, and (2) we described the trends and behavior of the 19-year population time series at Marion Island to identify changes in population trends. We contrasted five plausible trend models using information-theoretic and Bayesian-inference estimates of model parsimony. Our analyses identified two distinct phases of population growth for this population with the inflexion occurring in 1998. Thus, the population decreased between 1986 and 1997 (−3.7% per annum) and increased between 1997 and 2004 (1.9% per annum). An index of environmental stochasticity, the Southern Oscillation Index, explained some of the variance in r and N. We determined analytically that there was good evidence for density dependence in the Marion Island population and that density dependence was widespread among marine mammal species (67% of species showed evidence for population regulation). This approach demonstrates the potential functionality of a relatively simple technique that can be applied to short time series to identify the type of regulation, and the uncertainty associated with the phenomenon, operating in populations of large mammals. Clive R. McMahon, Marthan N. Bester, Mark A. Hindell, Barry W. Brook and Corey J. A. Bradshaw Article in Journal/Newspaper Elephant Seal Elephant Seals Marion Island Southern Elephant Seal The University of Adelaide: Digital Library Bradshaw ENVELOPE(163.867,163.867,-71.467,-71.467) Corey ENVELOPE(-145.133,-145.133,-76.667,-76.667) McMahon ENVELOPE(65.148,65.148,-70.835,-70.835) Oecologia 159 1 69 82 |
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© Springer-Verlag 2008 Assessing the status and trends in animal populations is essential for effective species conservation and management practices. However, unless time-series abundance data demonstrate rapid and reliable fluctuations, objective appraisal of directionality of trends is problematic. We adopted a multiple-working hypotheses approach based on information-theoretic and Bayesian multi-model inference to examine the population trends and form of intrinsic regulation demonstrated by a long-lived species, the southern elephant seal. We also determined the evidence for density dependence in 11 other well-studied marine mammal species. (1) We tested the type of population regulation for elephant seals from Marion Island (1986–2004) and from 11 other marine mammal species, and (2) we described the trends and behavior of the 19-year population time series at Marion Island to identify changes in population trends. We contrasted five plausible trend models using information-theoretic and Bayesian-inference estimates of model parsimony. Our analyses identified two distinct phases of population growth for this population with the inflexion occurring in 1998. Thus, the population decreased between 1986 and 1997 (−3.7% per annum) and increased between 1997 and 2004 (1.9% per annum). An index of environmental stochasticity, the Southern Oscillation Index, explained some of the variance in r and N. We determined analytically that there was good evidence for density dependence in the Marion Island population and that density dependence was widespread among marine mammal species (67% of species showed evidence for population regulation). This approach demonstrates the potential functionality of a relatively simple technique that can be applied to short time series to identify the type of regulation, and the uncertainty associated with the phenomenon, operating in populations of large mammals. Clive R. McMahon, Marthan N. Bester, Mark A. Hindell, Barry W. Brook and Corey J. A. Bradshaw |
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Shifting trends: detecting environmentally mediated regulation in long-lived marine vertebrates using time-series data |
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