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Age-specific survival and recruitment of piping plovers Charadrius melodus in the Great Lakes region
Sarah P. Saunders, Auteur ; Todd W. Arnold, Auteur ; Erin A. Roche, Auteur ; Francesca J. Cuthbert, AuteurJuvenile survival and age at first breeding (i.e. recruitment) are critical parameters affecting population dynamics in birds, but high levels of natal dispersal preclude measurement of these variables in most species. We used multi-state captur[...]
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Sarah P. Saunders, Auteur ; Francesca J. Cuthbert, AuteurFew investigators have studied the offspring sex ratios of monomorphic shorebirds because visually determining the sex of juveniles is not possible. We investigated the ontogeny of an observed male-biased adult sex ratio in the federally endange[...]
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Genetic and environmental influences on fitness-related traits in an endangered shorebird population
Sarah P. Saunders, Auteur ; Francesca J. Cuthbert, AuteurAdaptation depends on the additive genetic variance for fitness and its component traits. Yet estimating additive genetic variance and heritability for wild populations is challenging because determining relatedness of individuals is difficult. [...]
