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Simulated point transect survey data

Source: R/dsdata.R
PTExercise.Rd

Simulated point transect survey. Thirty point transects, detection function is half-normal. True object density is 79.6 animals per hectare.

Format

A data.frame with 144 rows and 7 variables

  • Region.Label strata names (single stratum)

  • Area size of study area (0 in this case)

  • Sample.Label transect ID

  • Effort number of visits to point

  • object object ID

  • distance radial distance (m)

  • Study.Area name of study area

Source

Simulated data, from the distance sampling introductory course, Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling, University of St Andrews.