Rdistance: Distance-Sampling Analyses for Density and Abundance Estimation

Distance-sampling is a popular method for estimating density and abundance of organisms in ecology. Rdistance contains routines that assist with analysis of distance-sampling data collected on point or line transects. Distance models are specified using regression-like formula (similar to lm, glm, etc.). Abundance routines perform automated bootstrapping and automated detection-function selection. Overall (study area) and site-level (transect or point) abundance estimates are available. A large suite of classical, parametric detection functions are included along with some uncommon parametric functions (e.g., Gamma, negative exponential) and non-parametric smoothed distance functions. Custom (user-defined) detection functions are easily implemented (see vignette). The help files and vignettes have been vetted by multiple authors and tested in workshop settings.

Version: 2.1.3
Imports: graphics, stats, utils
Suggests: knitr, rmarkdown
Published: 2019-01-03
Author: Trent McDonald [cre, aut], Jason Carlisle [aut], Aidan McDonald [aut] (point transect methods), Ryan Nielson [ctb] (smoothed likelihood), Ben Augustine [ctb] (maximization method), James Griswald [ctb] (maximization method), Patrick McKann [ctb] (maximization method), Lacey Jeroue [ctb] (vignettes), Hoffman Abigail [ctb] (vignettes), Kleinsausser Michael [ctb] (vignettes), Joel Reynolds [ctb] (Gamma likelihood), Pham Quang [ctb] (Gamma likelihood), Earl Becker [ctb] (Gamma likelihood), Aaron Christ [ctb] (Gamma likelihood), Brook Russelland [ctb] (Gamma likelihood)
Maintainer: Trent McDonald <tmcdonald at west-inc.com>
BugReports: https://github.com/tmcd82070/Rdistance/issues
License: GPL-2 | GPL-3 [expanded from: GNU General Public License]
URL: https://github.com/tmcd82070/Rdistance/wiki
NeedsCompilation: no
Materials: NEWS
CRAN checks: Rdistance results

Documentation:

Reference manual: Rdistance.pdf
Vignettes: Rdistance: Beginner Line Transect Tutorial
Rdistance: Beginner Point Transect Tutorial
Rdistance: Custom Detection Function Tutorial

Downloads:

Package source: Rdistance_2.1.3.tar.gz
Windows binaries: r-devel: Rdistance_2.1.3.zip, r-release: Rdistance_2.1.3.zip, r-oldrel: Rdistance_2.1.3.zip
macOS binaries: r-release (arm64): Rdistance_2.1.3.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): Rdistance_2.1.3.tgz, r-release (x86_64): Rdistance_2.1.3.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): Rdistance_2.1.3.tgz
Old sources: Rdistance archive

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