secr (version 1.3.0)

detector: Detector Type

Description

Extract or replace the detector type.

Usage

detector(object, ...)
detector(object) <- value

Arguments

object

object with 'detector' attribute e.g. traps

value

character string for detector type

...

other arguments (not used)

Value

• character string for detector type

Details

Valid detector types in version 1.3 are 'single', 'multi', 'proximity', 'count', 'quadratbinary', 'quadratcount' and 'signal'. The detector type is stored as an attribute of a traps object. Detector types are mostly described by Efford et al. (2009a,b).

References

Efford, M. G., Borchers D. L. and Byrom, A. E. (2009a) Density estimation by spatially explicit capture-recapture: likelihood-based methods. In: D. L. Thomson, E. G. Cooch and M. J. Conroy (eds) Modeling Demographic Processes in Marked Populations. Springer, New York. Pp. 255--269. Efford, M. G., Dawson, D. K. and Borchers, D. L. (2009b) Population density estimated from locations of individuals on a passive detector array. Ecology 90, 2676--2682.

See Also

traps

Examples

## Default detector type is 'multi'
temptrap <- make.grid(nx = 6, ny = 8)
detector(temptrap) <- 'proximity'
summary(temptrap)