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Trace-contrast models for capture-recapture without capture histories
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dc.contributor.author | Fewster, R. M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Stevenson, B. C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Borchers, D. L. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-23T16:30:10Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-03-23T16:30:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-05-26 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Fewster , R M , Stevenson , B C & Borchers , D L 2016 , ' Trace-contrast models for capture-recapture without capture histories ' , Statistical Science , vol. 31 , no. 2 , pp. 245-258 . https://doi.org/10.1214/16-STS551 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0883-4237 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 252003962 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: 1f05b305-8940-4e87-8cb4-88e27b9ff08d | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 84971569717 | |
dc.identifier.other | WOS: 000376516700010 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-3944-0754/work/72842419 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/13010 | |
dc.description | This work was funded by the Royal Society of New Zealand through Marsden Grant 14-UOA-155. Ben Stevenson was supported by EPSRC/NERC Grant EP/1000917/1. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Capture-recapture studies increasingly rely upon natural tags that allow animals to be identified by features such as coat markings, DNA profiles, acoustic profiles, or spatial locations. These innovations greatly increase the number of capture samples achievable and enable capture-recapture estimation for many inaccessible and elusive species. However, natural features are invariably imperfect as indicators of identity. Drawing on the recently developed Palm likelihood approach to parameter estimation in clustered point processes, we propose a new estimation framework based on comparing pairs of detections, which we term the trace-contrast framework. Importantly, no reconstruction of capture histories is needed. We show that we can achieve accurate, precise, and computationally fast inference. We illustrate the methods with a camera-trap study of a partially marked population of ship rats (Rattus rattus) in New Zealand. | |
dc.format.extent | 14 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Statistical Science | en |
dc.rights | © Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 2016. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the final published version of the work, which was originally published at: https://doi.org/10.1214/16-STS551 | en |
dc.subject | Camera-traps | en |
dc.subject | Mark recapture | en |
dc.subject | Natural tags | en |
dc.subject | Neyman-scott process | en |
dc.subject | Palm likelihood estimation | en |
dc.subject | Rattus species | en |
dc.subject | QA Mathematics | en |
dc.subject | Statistics and Probability | en |
dc.subject | Mathematics(all) | en |
dc.subject | Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty | en |
dc.subject | NDAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QA | en |
dc.title | Trace-contrast models for capture-recapture without capture histories | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | The Royal Society of Edinburgh | en |
dc.description.version | Publisher PDF | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Mathematics and Statistics | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1214/16-STS551 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | N/A | en |
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