Line transect estimation using Distance for Windows software

Introduction to Distance Sampling with duck nest data

Distance for Windows Solution

• Watch the solutions video, where we work through the exercise step by step.
• When you have the Ducknest project open in Distance and click on the Data tab, your screen should look like this:

• Once you’ve run the analysis, and open the Analysis Details window for that analysis, your screen should look something like this (see below). Distance gets a density estimate of 49.697 nests km^-2, similar to the value we obtained by hand of 48.9 nests km^-2.