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ESTIMATING THE NUMBER OF PRE- AND INTERMITTENT BREEDERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BÉCHERVAISE ISLAND ADÉLIE PENGUIN POPULATION

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Document Number:
WG-EMM-PSW-08/08
Author(s):
L. Emmerson and C. Southwell (Australia)
Agenda Item(s)
WG-EMM-PSW-08 - - undefined
Abstract

The size of two of the inaccessible (non-breeding) components of the Adélie penguin population associated with the Béchervaise Island breeding population is estimated over the past decade using a series of mark-recapture analyses and some simple population modelling techniques.