SS.est: Sightability estimate with variance components estimator from...

In SightabilityModel: Wildlife Sightability Modeling

Sightability estimate with variance components estimator from Steinhorst and Samuel (1989) and Samuel et al. (1992).

Description

Estimates population size, with variance estimated using Steinhorst and Samuel (1989) and Samuel et al.'s (1992) estimator. Usually, this function will be called by Sight.Est

Usage

SS.est(
  total,
  srates,
  nh,
  Nh,
  stratum,
  subunit,
  covars,
  beta,
  varbeta,
  smat = NULL
)

Arguments

total	Number of animals in each independently sighted group
srates	Plot-level sampling probability
nh	Number of sample plots in each stratum
Nh	Number of population plots in each stratum
stratum	Stratum identifiers (associated with the independently observed animal groups)
subunit	Plot ID (associated with the independently observed animal groups)
covars	Matrix of sightability covariates (associated with the independently observed animal groups)
beta	Logistic regression parameter estimates (from fitted sightability model)
varbeta	Estimated variance-covariance matrix for the logistic regression parameter estimates (from fitted sightability model)
smat	Estimated variance-covariance matrix for the inflation factors (1/probability of detection). This is an n.animal x n.animal matrix, and is usually calculated within the SS.est function. Non-null values can be passed to the function (e.g., if a bootstrap is used to estimate uncertainty due to the estimated detection parameters).

Value

tau.hat	Sightability estimate of population size, tau^
VarTot	Estimated variance of tau^
VarSamp	Estimated variance component due to sampling aerial units
VarSight	Estimated variance component due to sighting process (i.e., series of binomial rv for each animal group)
VarMod	Estimated variance component due to estimating detection probabilities using test trial data

Author(s)

John Fieberg

References

Steinhorst, R. K., and M.D. Samuel. 1989. Sightability adjustment methods for aerial surveys of wildlife populations. Biometrics 45:415-425.

Wong, C. 1996. Population size estimation using the modified Horvitz-Thompson estimator with estimated sighting probabilities. Dissertation, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA.

See Also

Sight.Est, Wong.est

SightabilityModel documentation built on Aug. 20, 2023, 1:08 a.m.