R. Akcakaya

Inter-specific Variability in Demographic Processes Affects Abundance-Occupancy Relationships

The paper tests the vital rates mechanism for abundance-occupancy relationships using mark-recapture data from 17 bird species, finding weak positive correlations and variability in density dependence across species.

Estimating fecundity and density dependence from mark-recapture data for making population projections

This paper introduces a Bayesian framework to estimate fecundity and density dependence from mark-recapture data, improving population projections by reducing population extinctions and explosions.