Powell et al. 2000; Kendall and Bjorkland 2001; Lindberg et al. 2001). We believe
that such designs, that exploit the advantages of different data types, will be an
important research focus for the next decade.
Finally, although this chapter has dealt with methodological considerations, we
urge the reader to retain focus on the population-dynamic questions that moti-
vate the use of these methods. Conditional on the study design and component
field methods, questions of interest can be addressed by incorporating interesting
biological hypotheses into models and then using tests or model selection criteria
to discriminate among competing models. This discrimination then forms the
basis for the conduct of science and its application to management and
conservation.
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