Great Lakes piping plover population data

Great Lakes piping plover population data from 1993 - 2016 used to build a coupled integrated population model-Bayesian population viability analysis (IPM-BPVA). The first tab includes capture-mark-resight (CMR) data for hatch-year and after hatch-year birds. Note that the CMR data included here represent a partial list (proprietary records omitted) because of the endangered status of Great Lakes piping plovers, but are sufficient for conducting the IPM-BPVA analysis. The second tab includes census data (number of breeding pairs annually). The third tab includes 2 columns on productivity: FLEDGE is the number of fledglings observed annually and SURV_BROOD is the number of surveyed broods annually. The last tab includes merlin census data collected at 2 observatories annually: Hawk Mountain (HM) and Whitefish Point (WP).