Spatial Capture-Recapture - Hardcover

Royle, J. Andrew; Chandler, Richard B.; Sollmann, Rahel; Gardner, Beth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0124059392 ISBN 13: 9780124059399

Publisher: Academic Press, 2013

Synopsis

Spatial Capture-Recapture provides a comprehensive how-to manual with detailed examples of spatial capture-recapture models based on current technology and knowledge. Spatial Capture-Recapture provides you with an extensive step-by-step analysis of many data sets using different software implementations. The authors' approach is practical – it embraces Bayesian and classical inference strategies to give the reader different options to get the job done. In addition, Spatial Capture-Recapture provides data sets, sample code and computing scripts in an R package.

• Comprehensive reference on revolutionary new methods in ecology makes this the first and only book on the topic
• Every methodological element has a detailed worked example with a code template, allowing you to learn by example
• Includes an R package that contains all computer code and data sets on companion website

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Spatial Capture-Recapture provides a revolutionary extension of traditional capture-recapture methods for studying animal populations using data from live trapping, camera trapping, DNA sampling, acoustic sampling, and related field methods. This book is a conceptual and methodological synthesis of spatial capture-recapture modeling. As a comprehensive how-to manual, this reference contains detailed examples of a wide range of relevant spatial capture-recapture models for inference about population size and spatial and temporal variation in demographic parameters. Practicing field biologists studying animal populations will find this book to be a useful resource, as will graduate students and professionals in ecology, conservation biology, and fisheries and wildlife management.

Key features:

· Offers comprehensive coverage of revolutionary new methods in ecology

· Includes detailed worked examples with R and BUGS code for each methodological element along with software instructions and a companion R package so you can implement analyses and learn by doing

· Presents a practical approach, embracing Bayesian and classical inference strategies in order to provide a variety of options to best get the job done

About the Author:

Dr Royle is currently a Research Statistician at the U.S. Geological Survey's Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. His research is focused on the application of probability and statistics to ecological problems, especially those related to animal sampling and demographic modeling. Much of his research over the last 10 years has been devoted to the development of methods illustrated in our new book. He has authored or coauthored more than 100 journal articles, and co-authored the books Spatial Capture Recapture, Hierarchical Modeling and Inference in Ecology and Occupancy Estimation and Modeling: Inferring Patterns and Dynamics of Species Occurrence, all published by Academic Press.

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0124059392
• ISBN 13: 9780124059399
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 612