Impact of climate change on seabird species off the east coast of Scotland and potential implications for environmental assessments: study
This study investigated the potential impacts of climate change on seabird distribution, abundance and demography off the east coast of Scotland, and examined integration of these climate models into standard population forecast models used in assessments for offshore wind developments.
Appendix D: technical specification of the demographic model
Model structure
Note: "linear predictor" refers to the sum of random effects and fixed effects (explanatory variables) multiplied by their parameters – i.e. the linear mixed model part
Model
Structure
Productivity
Growth rate
Survival Models
Adult survival submodel
Juvenile survival submodel
[Model A]
[Model B]
Contact
Email: ScotMER@gov.scot
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