distance-sampling

1–30 of 2023

Welcome to the distance sampling e-mail list.

This is a place to ask questions about distance sampling methodology as well as software.

More information on distance sampling can be found at http://distancesampling.org

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Eleonora Milea, Eric Rexstad2

Apr 10

Advice for data analysis on Distance

Eleonora Several questions: you say your interest is in comparison of density between habitats. If

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Advice for data analysis on Distance

Eleonora Several questions: you say your interest is in comparison of density between habitats. If

Apr 10

Dayron Lopez, … Eric Rexstad4

Mar 31

Post-analysis comparison of one species density between two habitats

Thank you a lot Eric and Stephen, I'll try both! Have a nice day Dayron Lopez Il giorno mar 30

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Post-analysis comparison of one species density between two habitats

Thank you a lot Eric and Stephen, I'll try both! Have a nice day Dayron Lopez Il giorno mar 30

Mar 31

David Lawrence Miller

Mar 29

dsm 2.3.1 now on CRAN

Hi listfolk, dsm version 2.3.1 is now on CRAN. This is a pretty big release with some new features

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dsm 2.3.1 now on CRAN

Hi listfolk, dsm version 2.3.1 is now on CRAN. This is a pretty big release with some new features

Mar 29

Margaret Swift, Eric Rexstad6

Mar 25

multi species line-transect model with landcover types as detectability covariates

Margaret I misunderstood your earlier message, where I thought you were conducting line transect

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multi species line-transect model with landcover types as detectability covariates

Margaret I misunderstood your earlier message, where I thought you were conducting line transect

Mar 25

Maik Henrich, … palencia...@gmail.com9

Mar 24

Activity estimates

Dear Marcus, dear everyone, today I made another puzzling discovery regarding the activity estimates

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Activity estimates

Dear Marcus, dear everyone, today I made another puzzling discovery regarding the activity estimates

Mar 24

mitchel...@gmail.com, … Eric Rexstad9

Mar 23

Gamma key function offset for MRDS analysis

Ok, maybe I didn't understand what you meant in the previous comment. Is there a way to remove

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Gamma key function offset for MRDS analysis

Ok, maybe I didn't understand what you meant in the previous comment. Is there a way to remove

Mar 23

Thomas McLaren, Stephen Buckland5

Mar 22

Issues with model fit and density predictions

Hi Dr. Buckland, Thank you for the comments! We do indeed have data about time periods within our

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Issues with model fit and density predictions

Hi Dr. Buckland, Thank you for the comments! We do indeed have data about time periods within our

Mar 22

Kristin Ross, Eric Rexstad2

Mar 13

Kristin I'd need to look at both the flatfile you are using as well as the fitted ds model object

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Kristin I'd need to look at both the flatfile you are using as well as the fitted ds model object

Mar 13

Cláudio Bicho, Eric Rexstad2

Mar 10

Claudio It sounds like a data organisation problem. If you are willing to send directly to me rather

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Claudio It sounds like a data organisation problem. If you are willing to send directly to me rather

Mar 10

Mar 9

Last spot available introductory distance sampling training: 12-23 April 2021

There remains only one space 🪑 for the introductory distance sampling training workshop being held in

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Last spot available introductory distance sampling training: 12-23 April 2021

There remains only one space 🪑 for the introductory distance sampling training workshop being held in

Mar 9

Maik Henrich, … Stephen Buckland14

Mar 8

R packages for fitting distance sampling functions

Maik, you should not reject bootstrap replicates with a poor fit. You have a large sample size. Small

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R packages for fitting distance sampling functions

Maik, you should not reject bootstrap replicates with a poor fit. You have a large sample size. Small

Mar 8

Jamie McKaughan, … Stephen Buckland5

Mar 8

DSCT - snapshot moments

Thank you both for your responses - very helpful and good to understand the scale of effect the

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DSCT - snapshot moments

Thank you both for your responses - very helpful and good to understand the scale of effect the

Mar 8

Eleonora Milea, … Eric Rexstad5

Mar 7

Aural detections and conventional distance sampling

Great, all clear now! Thank you both for your help. Eleonora On Sunday, 7 March 2021 at 17:14:50 UTC

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Aural detections and conventional distance sampling

Great, all clear now! Thank you both for your help. Eleonora On Sunday, 7 March 2021 at 17:14:50 UTC

Mar 7

Eleonora Milea, Eric Rexstad3

Mar 5

Comparing density estimates

Hi Eric, Thank you very much for your reply :) Eleonora On Friday, 5 March 2021 at 07:47:24 UTC Eric

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Comparing density estimates

Hi Eric, Thank you very much for your reply :) Eleonora On Friday, 5 March 2021 at 07:47:24 UTC Eric

Mar 5

Mei-Ling Bai, Eric Rexstad2

Mar 5

Distance sampling on extended fixed-point count

Mei-Ling The application of distance sampling methodology to fixed point of migrating birds seems

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Distance sampling on extended fixed-point count

Mei-Ling The application of distance sampling methodology to fixed point of migrating birds seems

Mar 5

Marc J. Mazerolle

Feb 25

EURING 2021 Analytical Meeting - registration open

Hi (apologies for cross-postings), The EURING Analytical Meeting focuses on the advancement of

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EURING 2021 Analytical Meeting - registration open

Hi (apologies for cross-postings), The EURING Analytical Meeting focuses on the advancement of

Feb 25

Feb 25

Re: [distance-sampling] Distance with presence/absence data?

Ana The key to distance sampling is measuring animal-to-transect distances. Those distances are

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Re: [distance-sampling] Distance with presence/absence data?

Ana The key to distance sampling is measuring animal-to-transect distances. Those distances are

Feb 25

Dominik Marchowski, Eric Rexstad2

Feb 24

Dominik The detection function fitted to these data will not reflect the process that gives rise to

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Dominik The detection function fitted to these data will not reflect the process that gives rise to

Feb 24

Mei-Ling Bai, Eric Rexstad2

Feb 24

Relationship between point count and line transect

Mei-Ling It is hard for me to imagine a way of employing detection function parameters from a line

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Relationship between point count and line transect

Mei-Ling It is hard for me to imagine a way of employing detection function parameters from a line

Feb 24

Gianpasquale Chiatante, Eric Rexstad2

Feb 23

truncation distance

Gianpasquale It is not a rule preventing "overlap" between points. Have a look at this 2006

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truncation distance

Gianpasquale It is not a rule preventing "overlap" between points. Have a look at this 2006

Feb 23

Feb 23

Introductory distance sampling training workshop 12-23 April 2021--a few places remaining

Interactive introductory distance sampling training (Second call) The University of St Andrews has

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Introductory distance sampling training workshop 12-23 April 2021--a few places remaining

Interactive introductory distance sampling training (Second call) The University of St Andrews has

Feb 23

Rasmus Bisschop-Larsen (RBL), … Eric Rexstad4

Feb 23

Prediction grid densities

Thank you Len, You pointed me in the right direction. It was indeed a regional problem with decimal

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Prediction grid densities

Thank you Len, You pointed me in the right direction. It was indeed a regional problem with decimal

Feb 23

Mei-Ling Bai, … Richard Glennie6

Feb 22

bias estimates for flying seabirds with continuous transect sampling

You can still use the moveds package without movement data in the way you describe. The vignette for

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bias estimates for flying seabirds with continuous transect sampling

You can still use the moveds package without movement data in the way you describe. The vignette for

Feb 22

Javier García Reynaud, Eric Rexstad6

Feb 21

Post stratification on a low density species

Professor Rexstad, Thank you very much for your guidance, it has been been absolutely essential for a

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Post stratification on a low density species

Professor Rexstad, Thank you very much for your guidance, it has been been absolutely essential for a

Feb 21

Rene Zambrano, Eric Rexstad2

Feb 18

Help to begin/Ayuda para iniciar

Rene Thanks for joining the list. You say you've been reading material, but have you had a look

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Help to begin/Ayuda para iniciar

Rene Thanks for joining the list. You say you've been reading material, but have you had a look

Feb 18

Kristin Ross, Eric Rexstad2

Feb 18

'obs' not found during abund.estim

Kristin I'm afraid the `abundEstim` function is in the Rdistance package. I don't have much

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'obs' not found during abund.estim

Kristin I'm afraid the `abundEstim` function is in the Rdistance package. I don't have much

Feb 18

Hypolais Polyglotte, … David Lawrence Miller8

Feb 16

Source code of MCDS.exe (the one under Distance 7.3 software) ?

Hi Jean-Philippe, hi listfolk, Just wanted to follow-up on this as I've spent the last few weeks

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Source code of MCDS.exe (the one under Distance 7.3 software) ?

Hi Jean-Philippe, hi listfolk, Just wanted to follow-up on this as I've spent the last few weeks

Feb 16

Feb 12

Statistical Ecology MSc at St Andrews

Dear Colleagues We are very pleased to announce that we are taking applications for the second intake

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Statistical Ecology MSc at St Andrews

Dear Colleagues We are very pleased to announce that we are taking applications for the second intake

Feb 12

Delphine Ducros, … Annika Zuleger12

Feb 12

Dht2 function and binned distaance

Hey everyone, a quick follow-up on this issue. Eric and me corresponded off-list and got the the

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Dht2 function and binned distaance

Hey everyone, a quick follow-up on this issue. Eric and me corresponded off-list and got the the

Feb 12

Maik Henrich, … Eric Howe7

Feb 10

Effects of snapshot moment choice

Dear everyone, just to add a clarification: I think the easiest possibility if you have a camera trap

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Effects of snapshot moment choice

Dear everyone, just to add a clarification: I think the easiest possibility if you have a camera trap

Feb 10

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