Accounting for observation biases associated with counts of young when estimating fecundity: case study on the arboreal-nesting red kite (Milvus milvus)
R. Sollmann, N. Adenot, P. Spakovszky, J. Windt, B. J. Mattsson
The paper develops a statistical model to correct fecundity estimates by accounting for observation biases in brood counts, showing it reduces bias in population projections.
bioRxiv · Dec 1, 2023Ecology