3- Abundance estimation

• •  Tues- Principles; Introduction to count based methods (pdf notes)

  • READING: CHAPTERS 6,  8  CONROY AND CARROLL (2009)

  • Incomplete detection in wildlife counts: Package SightabilityModel in R

•  Thurs - Distance sampling (pdf notes)

  • READING: CHAPTER 9 CONROY AND CARROLL (2009)

  • Package Unmarked in R for distance estimation (line transect)

    • Point sampling example

  • Program DISTANCE for distance estimation

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