Allee effect, apparent survival, fecundity, <i>Oligosoma</i>, population, skink

Life history traits contribute to decline of critically endangered lizards at Macraes Flat, Otago

Mark–recapture methods were used to determine population abundance and life history of five grand (Oligosoma grande Scincidae) and two Otago (O. otagense) skink populations over 6 years at Macraes Flat, in southern New Zealand. The population ecology of declining and stable grand skink populations was contrasted and the life histories of grand and Otago skinks were compared.