Estimating abundance of a recovering transboundary brown bear population with capture-recapture models
C. Vanpe, B. Piedallu, P.-Y. Quenette, J. Sentilles, G. Queney, S. Palazon, I. A. Jordana, R. Jato, M. M. E. Irurtia, J. S. de la Torre, O. Gimenez
The paper estimates the abundance of a recovering Pyrenean brown bear population using capture-recapture models and finds a fivefold increase from 13 to 66 individuals between 2008 and 2020.
bioRxiv · Dec 8, 2021Ecology