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. 2014 Feb 17;4(6):756–765. doi: 10.1002/ece3.984

Table 2.

Population parameters and survival estimates, SE, and 95% credible intervals used and derived from the population model.

Parameter Description Time period (weeks) Mean SE 2.5% 97.5%
λ Population trend – 0.965 0.022 0.922 1.010
f Annual reproductive output – 3.060 0.030 3.001 3.119
Sad Annual adult survival 52 0.475 0.020 0.436 0.515
Sjuv Juvenile first-year survival 52 0.160 0.010 0.141 0.179
Inline graphic Adult nonbreeding survival 49 0.490 0.023 0.447 0.538
Inline graphic Juvenile nonbreeding survival 49 0.507 0.081 0.377 0.694
Inline graphic Adult survival breeding sites 3 0.971 0.020 0.922 0.996
Inline graphic Juvenile postfledging survival 3 0.322 0.045 0.235 0.411
Inline graphic Adult nonbreeding survival 3 0.957 0.003 0.952 0.963
Inline graphic Juvenile nonbreeding survival 3 0.959 0.009 0.942 0.978

For comparability reasons, survival estimates are shown for different time periods (in weeks). Annual reproductive output per individual represents half of the annual output per pair; b, breeding grounds; non-b, nonbreeding ranges, including migration; 3 w, standardized to a 3-week period.