Accounting for detection probability with overestimation by integrating double monitoring programs over 40 years.

ABSTRACT: In the context of wildlife population declines, increasing computer power over the last 20 years allowed wildlife managers to apply advanced statistical techniques that has improved population size estimates. However, respecting the assumptions of the models that consider the probability of detection, such as N-mixture models, requires the implementation of a rigorous monitoring protocol with several replicate survey occasions and no double counting that are hardly adaptable to field conditions. When the logistical, economic and ecological constraints are too strong to meet model assumptions, it may be possible to combine data from independent surveys into the modelling framework in order to understand population dynamics more reliably. Here, we present a state-space model with an error pr

SUBMITTER: Vallecillo D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8956176 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature