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Methods in Ecology and EvolutionVolume 14, Issue 4 p. 991-993 COVER PICTURE AND ISSUE INFORMATIONOpen Access Cover Picture and Issue Information First published: 05 April 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13885AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Graphical Abstract This month’s cover image shows a researcher tracking for an animal fitted with a radio collar as part of wildlife population monitoring. Such monitoring activities often involve observing the life histories of individual animals to determine key demographic indicators of a population, such as birth, death, and dispersal rates. In most wildlife studies, however, it is common for monitored animals to disappear under unexplained circumstances, making it difficult to draw reliable conclusions about death and dispersal. Have these missing individuals died or dispersed? Hodel et al. present a method that draws on information about known death and dispersal events to reconstruct the fate of missing individuals. Their approach offers the potential to reduce bias in mortality estimates, which is of fundamental importance for ecology, evolution, and conservation research. © Dominik Behr Volume14, Issue4April 2023Pages 991-993 RelatedInformation