期刊
ECOLOGY
卷 91, 期 11, 页码 3376-3383出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1890/09-0804.1
关键词
Andes Mountains; Argentina; Bayesian analysis; camera trapping; data augmentation; hierarchical model; Jolly-Seber model; Pampas cats; spatial capture-recapture; trapping arrays
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资金
- Conservation Leadership Programme
- Wildlife Conservation Network
- Darwin Initiative, Wild About Cats
- Whitley Fund for Nature
We develop a hierarchical capture-recapture model for demographically open populations when auxiliary spatial information about location of capture is obtained. Such spatial capture-recapture data arise from studies based on camera trapping, DNA sampling, and other situations in which a spatial array of devices records encounters of unique individuals. We integrate an individual-based formulation of a Jolly-Seber type model with recently developed spatially explicit capture-recapture models to estimate density and demographic parameters for survival and recruitment. We adopt a Bayesian framework for inference under this model using the method of data augmentation which is implemented in the software program WinBUGS. The model was motivated by a camera trapping study of Pampas cats Leopardus colocolo from Argentina, which we present as an illustration of the model in this paper. We provide estimates of density and the first quantitative assessment of vital rates for the Pampas cat in the High Andes. The precision of these estimates is poor due likely to the sparse data set. Unlike conventional inference methods which usually rely on asymptotic arguments, Bayesian inferences are valid in arbitrary sample sizes, and thus the method is ideal for the study of rare or endangered species for which small data sets are typical.
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