Testing and validating metrics of change produced by population viability analysis (PVA): final report to Marine Scotland Science

Jitlal, Mark; Burthe, Sarah; Freeman, Stephen; Daunt, Francis

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Testing and validating metrics of change produced by population viability analysis (PVA): final report to Marine Scotland Science

Jitlal, Mark; Burthe, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8871-3432; Freeman, Stephen; Daunt, Francis ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4638-3388. 2017 Testing and validating metrics of change produced by population viability analysis (PVA): final report to Marine Scotland Science. Marine Scotland Science, 216pp. (Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol. 8 No. 23)

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Abstract

The aim of this research project was to review the use of Population Viability Analysis (PVA) metrics in the context of assessing the effect of offshore renewable developments on seabirds and to test PVA metric sensitivity to mis-specification of input parameters. The most useful metrics in this context are those that are least sensitive to such mis-specification, enabling more robust assessment of offshore renewable effects.

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