Spatially explicit capture-recapture Aug 2012

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Spatially explicit capture-recapture Aug 2012

Postby murray.efford » Wed Jun 13, 2012 1:07 pm

Capture-recapture for spatial data

August 7-9, 2012
Yukon College, Whitehorse, Yukon
Instructor: Murray Efford
$675CAD

Animal populations are often studied by trapping individuals, marked or otherwise distinguishable, either at discrete points in space or by searching an area for sign. Statistical analysis of these data to estimate population density or size is more robust and effective if it accounts for the spatial distribution of sampling. There has been rapid growth of relevant methods and software in the last few years, but these have yet to appear in standard texts. Spatially explicit capture-recapture (SECR) analyses are used widely for bear populations sampled with hair snags and for large cats caught on automatic cameras. The methods extend to grid trapping of small mammals, mist-netting of birds, DNA from feces, and sounds recorded on microphone arrays.

This short course introduces the core concepts of SECR, the free Windows software ‘Density’ and the R package ‘secr’. Some time will be set aside to discuss participants’ own data.

Please contact Ramona Maraj at Ramona.Maraj@gov.yk.ca to register or for further information.
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