Wildlife Demography compiles the multitude of available estimation techniques based on sex and age data, and presents these varying techniques in one organized, unified volume. Designed to guide researchers to the most appropriate estimator based upon their particular data set and the desired level of study precision, this book provides quantitative consideration, statistical models, estimator variance, assumptions and examples of use.

The authors focus on estimation techniques using sex and age ratios because this data is relatively easy to collect and commonly used by wildlife management.

• Applicable to a wide array of wildlife species, including game and non-game birds and mammals
• Features more than 100 annotated examples illustrating application of statistical methods
• Includes more than 640 references of the analysis of nontagging data and the factors that may influence interpretation
• Derives historical and ad hoc demographic methods in a modern statistical framework

• Front cover 2
• Title page 5
• Copyright page 6
• Table of contents 7
• Foreword 13
• Preface 17
• 1 Introduction 21
  • 1.1 Historical Perspectives and Current Needs 21
  • 1.2 Scope of Book 23
• 2 Primer on Wildlife Population Dynamics 31
  • 2.1 Introduction 31
  • 2.2 Continuous Time Models 32
  • 2.3 Discrete Time Models 34
  • 2.4 Logistic Population Growth 35
  • 2.5 Age Structure Models 46