unimak: Simulated line transect survey data with covariates

In DistanceDevelopment/dsdata: Distance sampling workshop data

Description

Simulated line transect survey. Only eight line transects, detection function is half-normal.

Format

A data frame with 60 rows and 9 variables

Region.Label	strata names (single stratum)
Area	size of study area (mi^2)
Sample.Label	transect ID
Effort	transect length (mi)
object	object ID
distance	perpendicular distance (km)
MSTDO	time since medication taken by observer (min)
Hour	time of day of sighting (hour)
Study.Area	name of study area

Note

Hour is covariate that has no effect on detection function, while MSTDO does affect the detection function. Examine the ability of model selection to choose the correct model.

Source

Simulated data, from the distance sampling introductory course, Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling, University of St Andrews.

DistanceDevelopment/dsdata documentation built on July 29, 2020, 11 p.m.