Simulation-based spatially explicit close-kin mark-recapture
Gilia Patterson, Claire K. Goodfellow, Nelson Ting, Andrew D. Kern, Peter L. Ralph
The paper introduces a simulation-based CKMR method, CKMRnn, that improves population size estimation by accounting for spatial heterogeneity and demonstrates its accuracy using Ugandan elephant data.
Molecular Ecology Resources · Nov 6, 2025Peer-reviewedEcology