Table 1.
Number of individual grizzly bears detected by trap type and year, mean number of detections per animal per year, and percent animals with greater than one detection per year.
Table 2.
Parameter estimates averaged from 2006–2008, 95% HPD intervals, and coefficient of variation from non-spatial (CRdedge) and spatial capture-recapture (SCR) models for female, male, and combined sex models.
Annual estimates of population parameters are provided in S1 Table.
Fig 1.
Grizzly bear abundance and density posterior medians with 95% HPD credible intervals for non-spatial (CRdedge) and spatial (SCR) capture-recapture models.
Fig 2.
Grizzly bear median apparent survival, per capita recruitment, and population growth rates and 95% HPD credible intervals for non-spatial (CRdedge) and spatial (SCR) open population models.
Dashed line for population growth rate equal to one indicates a stable population.
Fig 3.
Occasion specific detection probability for female and male grizzly bears.
Values for non-spatial capture-recapture models (CRdedge) were based on 162, 42, and 20 active traps for bear rubs, hair traps, and highway crossings respectively. Values for spatial capture-recapture (SCR) models indicate individual detection probability at a single trap in the middle of an individual’s home range centre. Detection probability varied by sex, trap type, and sampling occasion with a year. Variability in detection probability among years depended on the number of active traps (CRdedge and SCR) and the distribution of traps (SCR).
Fig 4.
Boxplots showing the range of apparent survival, per capita recruitment, and population growth rate posterior medians generated from 100 simulated data sets per scenario.
Dashed lines indicate true values used to simulate the capture-recapture data.
Fig 5.
Percent of simulations where the 95% HPD encompassed the true value (credible interval coverage) and percent of simulations where the upper 95% HPD was less than 1.0 (power).