What is your predicted average population growth rate from this method, in terms of lambda AND % per year? Does that predict an increasing or decreasing population, on average? Year (t) Nests at time...

What is your predicted average population growth rate from this method, in terms of lambda AND % per year? Does that predict an increasing or decreasing population, on average?

Year (t)	Nests at time t	Nests at t + 1	N(t+1)/N(t)
1983	746	780	1.046
1984	780	702	0.900
1985	702	744	1.060
1986	744	729	0.980
1987	729	843	1.156
1988	843	905	1.074
1989	905	992	1.096
1990	992	1180	1.190
1991	1180	1275	1.081
1992	1275	1241	0.973
1993	1241	1566	1.262
1994	1566	1930	1.232
1995	1930	1915	0.992
1996	1915	2219	1.159
1997	2219	3482	1.569
1998	3482	3365	0.966
1999	3365	5834	1.734
2000	5834	4927	0.845
2001	4927	5525	1.121
2002	5525	7601	1.376
2003	7601	6446	0.848
2004	6446	9258	1.436
2005	9258	10899	1.177
2006	10899
		average	1.142

Extracted text: Annual Lambda vs. Time in Kemp's Ridley Turtle Nests 1.900 1.700 y = 0.0102x - 19.183 1.500 R2 = 0.0984 1.300 1.100 ..... ... .... 0.900 0.700 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 Year Number of Nests N(t+1)/N(t)