Bayesian salamanders: analysing the demography of an underground population of the European plethodontid Speleomantes strinatii with state-space modelling
Abstract Background It has been suggested that Plethodontid salamanders are excellent candidates for indicating ecosystem health.However, detailed, long-term data sets of their populations are rare, limiting our understanding of the demographic processes underlying their population fluctuations.Here we present a demographic analysis based on a 1996