SightabilityModel-package: Wildlife Sightability Modeling

SightabilityModel-packageR Documentation

Wildlife Sightability Modeling

Description

Uses logistic regression to model the probability of detection as a function of covariates. This model is then used with observational survey data to estimate population size, while accounting for uncertain detection. See Steinhorst and Samuel (1989).

Author(s)

John Fieberg

Maintainer: John Fieberg <jfieberg@umn.edu>, Carl James Schwarz <cschwarz.stat.sfu.ca@gmail.com>

References

Fieberg, J. 2012. Estimating Population Abundance Using Sightability Models: R SightabilityModel Package. Journal of Statistical Software, 51(9), 1-20. URL https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v051.i09

Steinhorst, Kirk R. and Samuel, Michael D. 1989. Sightability Adjustment Methods for Aerial Surveys of Wildlife Populations. Biometrics 45:415–425.


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