DENSITY: software for analysing capture-recapture data from passive detector arrays
Animal Biodiversity and Conservation
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Abstract
A general computer-intensive method is described for fitting spatial detection functions to capture-recapture data from arrays of passive detectors such as live traps and mist nets. The method is used to estimate the population density of 10 species of breeding birds sampled by mist-netting in deciduous forest at Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel, Maryland, U.S.A., from 1961 to 1972. Total density (9.9 ? 0.6 ha-1 mean ? SE) appeared to decline over time (slope -0.41 ? 0.15 ha-1y-1). The mean precision of annual estimates for all 10 species pooled was acceptable (CV(D) = 14%). Spatial analysis of closed-population capture-recapture data highlighted deficiencies in non-spatial methodologies. For example, effective trapping area cannot be assumed constant when detection probability is variable. Simulation may be used to evaluate alternative designs for mist net arrays where density estimation is a study goal.
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Efford, M., Dawson, D., Robbins, C., 2004, DENSITY: software for analysing capture-recapture data from passive detector arrays: Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, v. 27, no. 1, p. 217-228.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | DENSITY: software for analysing capture-recapture data from passive detector arrays |
| Series title | Animal Biodiversity and Conservation |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year Published | 2004 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Museu de Ciencies Naturals de Barcelona |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 12 p. |
| First page | 217 |
| Last page | 228 |