.................................................................................................................................................... STUDY AREAS ............................................................................................................................................. LASSEN STUDY AREA ................................................................................................................................... ELDORADO STUDY AREA ............................................................................................................................. SIERRA STUDY AREA ..................................................................................................................................... SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS STUDY AREA ........................................................... SAN BERNARDINO STUDY AREA ................................................................................................................. METHODS ....................................................................................................................................................... FIELD METHODS ............................................................................................................................................ Surveys .................................................................................................................................................... Estimation of reproductive effort ............................................................................................................ Capture, banding, sex and age identification, and resighting ofowls ............................................... Pre-analysis data screening ................................................................................................................... Meta-analysis workshop format ........................................................................................................... DATA ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................................................ Changes inanalytical methodology from previous Spotted Owl studies .......................................... Estimating adult survival ...................................................................................................................... Estimating fecundity ............................................................................................................................... Estimating rates of population change .................................................................................................. Comparison f Sierra nd Sequoia and Kings Canyon ational parks tudy areas ......................... RESULTS .......................................................................................................................................................... ADULT SURVIVAL .......................................................................................................................................... FECUNDITY ..................................................................................................................................................... RATES OF POPULATION CHANGE ................................................................................................................ Meta-analysis across tudy areas ........................................................................................................... COMPARISON OF SIERRA AND SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS STUDY AREAS ..... DISCUSSION .................................................................................................................................................. GENERAL INFERENCES .................................................................................................................................. Apparent survival .................................................................................................................................... Fecundity ................................................................................................................................................ Population trend ....................................................................................................................................... STUDY-AREA-SPECIFIC INFERENCES .......................................................................................................... Lassen study area ..................................................................................................................................... Eldorado study area ................................................................................................................................. Sierra and Sequoia nd Kings Canyon ational parks study areas .................................................... San Bernardino study area ..................................................................................................................... CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................... ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................................................................................................. LITERATURE CITED ................................................................................................................................... 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