An empirical demonstration of the effect of study design on density estimations

Abstract The simultaneous development of technology (e.g. camera traps) and statistical methods, particularly spatially capture–recapture (SCR), has improved monitoring of large mammals in recent years. SCR estimates are known to be sensitive to sampling design, yet existing recommendations about tr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Muhammad Ali Nawaz, Barkat Ullah Khan, Amer Mahmood, Muhammad Younas, Jaffar ud Din, Chris Sutherland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92361-2