by Louw Claassens » Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:22 am
Hi Bill
Thanks so much for the feedback - it makes sense and I just wanted to double check. So, if I did put this into a POPAN model (and it did spew something out) - the N really only provides a trend over time with regards to the animals marked originally. And thus not a population estimate per se.
Would this be suitable to do? And if so, would the other parameters (phi, p and pent) be reliable?
Or would it be best to just leave out any attempt at N estimates and just stick to a CJS approach?
Thanks again for your time and help - I do appreciate it!