Modelling spatially autocorrelated detection probabilities in spatial capture-recapture using random effects
S. Dey, E. M. Moqanaki, C. Milleret, P. Dupont, M. Tourani, R. Bischof
This paper introduces and evaluates three Bayesian spatial capture-recapture models to account for spatial heterogeneity in detection probabilities, finding that spatially autocorrelated random effects provide the least biased population size estimates.
bioRxiv · May 12, 2022Ecology