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Roger Pradel is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France and specializes primarily in Environmental Science. Their research encompasses various subfields, notably Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work covers multiple interconnected topics. These areas of focus include:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Marine and fisheries research

Roger Pradel has contributed to numerous papers published in respected venues. Recent publications include:

  • "Sex-specific costs of reproduction on survival in a long-lived seabird" (2021, Biology Letters)
  • "Spatially balanced sampling methods are always more precise than random ones for estimating the size of aggregated populations" (2022, Methods in Ecology and Evolution)
  • "More than just refuelling: lengthy stopover and selection of departure weather by sandpipers prior to transoceanic and transcontinental flights" (2020, Ibis)
  • "Positive early-late life-history trait correlations in elephant seals" (2021, Ecology)
  • "When to depart from a stopover site? Time since arrival matters more than current weather conditions" (2021, The Auk)

Frequent co-authors in their research include Sébastien Roques, Jacob González-Solís, Raül Ramos, Emmanuelle Cam, and Rémi Choquet. Collaboration with these researchers reflects a network of experts often addressing related themes in environmental science and animal ecology.

Roger Pradel's publications have appeared repeatedly in several scholarly journals. These publication venues include:

  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Ibis
  • Journal of Applied Ecology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Utilization of capture-mark-recapture for the study of recruitment and population growth rate.

    Roger Pradel

  • U‐CARE: Utilities for performing goodness of fit tests and manipulating CApture–REcapture data

    Rémi Choquet;Jean-Dominique Lebreton;Olivier Gimenez;Anne-Marie Reboulet

  • Capture-recapture survival models taking account of transients

    Roger Pradel;James E. Hines;Jean-Dominique Lebreton;James D. Nichols

  • Program E-Surge: A Software Application for Fitting Multievent Models

    Rémi Choquet;Lauriane Rouan;Roger Pradel

  • Multievent: an extension of multistate capture-recapture models to uncertain states.

    Roger Pradel

  • Assessing the impact of climate variation on survival in vertebrate populations

    Vladimir Grosbois;Olivier Gimenez;J.M. Gaillard;R. Pradel

  • Multistate recapture models: Modelling incomplete individual histories

    Jean-Dominique Lebreton;Roger Pradel

  • Modeling Individual Animal Histories with Multistate Capture–Recapture Models

    Jean‐Dominique Lebreton;James D. Nichols;Richard J. Barker;Roger Pradel

  • Roe deer survival patterns: a comparative analysis of contrasting populations

    Gaillard Jean-Michel;Daniel Delorme;Boutin Jean-Marie;Guy Van Laere

  • REVIEW: Predictive ecology in a changing world

    Nicolas Mouquet;Yvan Lagadeuc;Vincent Devictor;Luc Doyen

  • A proposal for a goodness-of-fit test to the Arnason-Schwarz multisite capture-recapture model.

    Roger Pradel;Claire M. A. Wintrebert;Olivier Gimenez

  • MIGRATING BIRDS STOP OVER LONGER THAN USUALLY THOUGHT: AN IMPROVED CAPTURE–RECAPTURE ANALYSIS

    Michael Schaub;Michael Schaub;Roger Pradel;Lukas Jenni;Jean-Dominique Lebreton

  • Influence of food availability on demography and local population dynamics in a long-lived seabird.

    Daniel Oro;Emmanuelle Cam;Emmanuelle Cam;Roger Pradel;Alejandro Martínez-Abraín

  • ESTIMATING SURVIVAL AND TEMPORARY EMIGRATION IN THE MULTISTATE CAPTURE–RECAPTURE FRAMEWORK

    Michael Schaub;Olivier Gimenez;Benedikt R. Schmidt;Benedikt R. Schmidt;Roger Pradel

  • Estimation by capture-recapture of recruitment and dispersal over several sites

    Jean-Dominique Lebreton;J Hines;Roger Pradel;J Nichols

  • State-space modelling of data on marked individuals

    Olivier Gimenez;Vivien Rossi;Vivien Rossi;Rémi Choquet;Rémi Choquet;Camille Dehais;Camille Dehais

  • ESTIMATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO POPULATION GROWTH: A REVERSE-TIME CAPTURE???RECAPTURE APPROACH

    James D. Nichols;James E. Hines;Jean-Dominique Lebreton;Roger Pradel

  • Principles and interest of GOF tests for multistate capture-recapture models

    R. Pradel;O. Giménez;J.-D. Lebreton

  • The statistical analysis of survival in animal populations

    Jean-Dominique Lebreton;Roger Pradel;Jean Clobert

  • M-SURGE: new software specifically designed for multistate capture-recapture models

    R. Choquet;A.-M. Reboulet;R. Pradel;O. Giménez

  • Changes in adult annual survival rates in a western European population of the White Stork Ciconia ciconia

    S. Kanyamibwa;A. Schierer;R. Pradel;J.D. Lebreton

  • SEX‐ AND AGE‐RELATED VARIATION IN SURVIVAL AND COST OF FIRST REPRODUCTION IN GREATER FLAMINGOS

    Giacomo Tavecchia;Giacomo Tavecchia;Roger Pradel;Vincent Boy;Alan R. Johnson

  • King penguin population threatened by Southern Ocean warming

    Céline Le Bohec;Joël M Durant;Michel Gauthier-Clerc;Nils C Stenseth

  • ASSESSING THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF DIFFERENT SOURCES OF MORTALITY FROM RECOVERIES OF MARKED ANIMALS

    Michael Schaub;Michael Schaub;Roger Pradel

  • Trade-off between current reproductive effort and delay to next reproduction in the leatherback sea turtle

    Philippe Rivalan;Philippe Rivalan;Anne-Caroline Prévot-Julliard;Remi Choquet;Roger Pradel

  • SEASONAL SURVIVAL OF GREATER SNOW GEESE AND EFFECT OF HUNTING UNDER DEPENDENCE IN SIGHTING PROBABILITY

    Gilles Gauthier;Roger Pradel;Stéphane Menu;Jean-Dominique Lebreton

Frequent Co-Authors

Olivier Gimenez
Olivier Gimenez Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jean-Dominique Lebreton
Jean-Dominique Lebreton Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Daniel Oro
Daniel Oro Spanish National Research Council
Giacomo Tavecchia
Giacomo Tavecchia University of the Balearic Islands
James D. Nichols
James D. Nichols United States Geological Survey
Jean-Michel Gaillard
Jean-Michel Gaillard Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Gilles Gauthier
Gilles Gauthier Université Laval
Emmanuelle Cam
Emmanuelle Cam University of Western Brittany
Frank Cézilly
Frank Cézilly University of Burgundy
Bertrand Schatz
Bertrand Schatz Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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