capwire (version 1.1.4)

drawCapRatesGamma: Draw Capture Rates from Gamma Distribution

Description

This function is just a wrapper for rgamma which can be used in conjuction with simCapture to simulate capture data where the rates are drawn from a gamma distribution

Usage

drawCapRatesGamma(shape, rate)

Arguments

shape

Shape parameter of gamma distribution

rate

Rate parameter of gamma distribution

Value

A function which takes the number of capture rates to draw as an argument

Details

This function returns a function which can be used as an argument for simCapture

References

Pennell M.W., C.R. Stansbury, L.P. Waits and C.R. Miller. submitted. capwire: A R Package for Estimating Population Census Size from Non-Invasive Genetic Sampling

See Also

simCapture, drawCapRatesUnif, drawCapRatesExp, drawCapRatesBeta, drawCapRatesGeom

Examples

## Specify the distribution

dist <- drawCapRatesGamma(shape=0.5, rate=0.5)

## Simulate a data set with the capture rates drawn from dist

data <- simCapture(n=30, s=100, dist.func=dist)

data