An important first step in studying the demography of wild animals is to identify the animals
uniquely through applying markings, such as rings, tags, and bands. Once the animals are …

The search for explanations of the well-documented positive relationship between latitude
and avian clutch size has created the expectation that tropical birds should balance their …

Statistical and mathematical models are defined by parameters that describe different
characteristics of those models. Ideally it would be possible to find parameter estimates for …

Understanding the influence of individual attributes on demographic processes is a key
objective of wildlife population studies. Capture-recapture and age data are commonly …

Discrete state‐space models are used in ecology to describe the dynamics of wild animal
populations, with parameters, such as the probability of survival, being of ecological interest …

This book chapter describes ecological capture–recapture studies and associated models
often fitted to capture–recapture data to obtain estimates of total population size. Such …

We provide a definitive guide to parameter redundancy in mark‐recovery models, indicating,
for a wide range of models, in which all the parameters are estimable, and in which models …

In principle it is possible to use recently derived procedures to determine whether or not all
the parameters of particular complex ecological models can be estimated using classical …

Quantifying temporal and spatial variation in animal population size and demography is a
central theme in ecological research and important for directing management and policy …

When studying senescence in wildlife populations, we are often limited by the sparseness of
the available information on the ages of the individuals under study. Additionally …