The Markov Chain Nest Productivity Model (or MCnest) provides risk assessors with a tool to go beyond the current screening-level quotient method approaches for assessing reproductive effects by estimating the proportional change in reproductive success. The links below provide PDF versions of documents related to the MCnest model.
Visit the MCnest page for additional information.
You will need Adobe Reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA’s About PDF page to learn more.- User’s Manual for Basic Version of MCnest (PDF)(40 pp, 1 MB)
- Technical Manual for Basic Version of MCnest (PDF)(90 pp, 864 K)
- Avian Life-History Profiles for Use in MCnest (PDF)(197 pp, 1 MB)
- MCnest Revision History (PDF)(1 pg, 5 K)
- MCnest Species Library History (PDF)(1 pg, 4 K)