The concept of effective population size, introduced by Sewall Wright (1931, 1933), is central to plant and animal breeding (Falconer and Mackay, 1996), conservation genetics (Frankham et al., 2010; ...

This technique has long been at the forefront of quantitative ecology, epidemiology and the social sciences for estimating the size of populations that are difficult to count directly. By using ...

We develop a Bayesian capture—recapture model that provides estimates of abundance as well as time-varying and heterogeneous survival and capture probability distributions. The model uses a ...

West Virginia lost residents over two timeframes: between the 2020 census and a 2024 population estimate, and between 2023 and 2024 population estimates. But it was not the only state to do so. Six ...

FLINT, MI — You read that headline right. Flint’s population has gone up. For the first time in a long time, Flint’s population has increased, according to data released on Thursday, May 15, by the ...