mrds: Mark-Recapture Distance Sampling

Animal abundance estimation via conventional, multiple covariate and mark-recapture distance sampling (CDS/MCDS/MRDS). Detection function fitting is performed via maximum likelihood. Also included are diagnostics and plotting for fitted detection functions. Abundance estimation is via a Horvitz-Thompson-like estimator.

Package details

AuthorLaura Marshall [cre], Jeff Laake [aut], David Miller [aut], Felix Petersma [aut], Len Thomas [ctb], David Borchers [ctb], Jon Bishop [ctb], Jonah McArthur [ctb], Eric Rexstad [rev]
MaintainerLaura Marshall <lhm@st-andrews.ac.uk>
LicenseGPL (>= 2)
Version3.0.1
URL https://github.com/DistanceDevelopment/mrds/
Package repositoryView on CRAN
Installation Install the latest version of this package by entering the following in R:
install.packages("mrds")

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mrds documentation built on Aug. 8, 2025, 6:39 p.m.