secr (version 2.1.0)

make.traps: Build Detector Array

Description

Construct a rectangular array of detectors (trapping grid) or a circle of detectors or a polygonal search area.

Usage

make.grid(nx = 6, ny = 6, spacex = 20, spacey = 20, spacing = NULL,
    detector = "multi", originxy = c(0,0), hollow = F,
    ID = 'alphay')

make.circle (n = 20, radius = 100, spacing = NULL, 
    detector = "multi", originxy = c(0,0), IDclockwise = T)

make.poly (polylist = NULL, x = c(-50,-50,50,50),
    y = c(-50,50,50,-50), exclusive = FALSE, verify = TRUE)

make.transect (transectlist = NULL, x = c(-50,-50,50,50),
    y = c(-50,50,50,-50), exclusive = FALSE)

Arguments

nx

number of columns of detectors

ny

number of rows of detectors

spacex

distance between detectors in 'x' direction (nominally in metres)

spacey

distance between detectors in 'y' direction (nominally in metres)

spacing

distance between detectors (x and y directions)

detector

character value for detector type - 'single', 'multi' etc.

originxy

vector origin for x-y coordinates

hollow

logical for hollow grid

ID

character string to control row names

n

number of detectors

radius

radius of circle (nominally in metres)

IDclockwise

logical for numbering of detectors

polylist

list of dataframes with coordinates for polygons

transectlist

list of dataframes with coordinates for transects

x

x coordinates of vertices

y

y coordinates of vertices

exclusive

logical; if TRUE animal can be detected only once per occasion

verify

logical if TRUE then the resulting traps object is checked with verify

Value

• An object of class traps comprising a data frame of x- and y-coordinates, the detector type ('single', 'multi', or 'proximity' etc.), and possibly other attributes.

Details

make.grid generates coordinates for nx.ny traps at separations spacex and spacey. If spacing is specified it replaces both spacex and spacey. The bottom-left (southwest) corner is at originxy. For a hollow grid, only detectors on the perimeter are retained. By default, identifiers are constructed from a letter code for grid rows and an integer value for grid columns ('A1', 'A2',...). 'Hollow' grids are always numbered clockwise in sequence from the bottom-left corner. Other values of ID have the following effects: ll{ ID Effect numx column-dominant numeric sequence numy row-dominant numeric sequence numxb column-dominant boustrophedonical numeric sequence (try it!) numyb row-dominant boustrophedonical numeric sequence alphax column-dominant alphanumeric alphay row-dominant alphanumeric xy combine column (x) and row(y) numbers } 'xy' adds leading zeros as needed to give a string of constant length with no blanks. make.circle generates coordinates for n traps in a circle centred on originxy. If spacing is specified then it overrides the radius setting; the radius is adjusted to provide the requested straightline distance between adjacent detectors. Traps are numbered from the trap due east of the origin, either clockwise or anticlockwise as set by IDclockwise. Specialised functions for arrays using a triangular grid are described separately (make.tri, clip.hex). Polygon vertices may be specified with x and y in the case of a single polygon, or as polylist for one or more polygons. Each component of polylist is a dataframe with columns 'x' and 'y'. polylist takes precedence. make.poly automatically closes the polygon by repeating the first vertex if the first and last vertices differ. Transects are defined by a sequence of vertices as for polygons, except that they are not closed.

References

Efford, M.G. (2007) Density 4.1: software for spatially explicit capture--recapture. Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. http://www.otago.ac.nz/density Efford, M. G., Borchers D. L. and Byrom, A. E. (2009) 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.

See Also

read.traps,detector, print.traps, plot.traps, traps, make.tri

Examples

demo.traps <- make.grid()
plot(demo.traps)

## compare numbering schemes
par (mfrow = c(2,4), mar = c(1,1,1,1), xpd = TRUE)
for (id in c('numx', 'numy', 'alphax', 'alphay', 'numxb', 
    'numyb'))
{
    temptrap <- make.grid(nx = 7, ny = 5, ID = id)
    plot (temptrap, border = 10, lab = TRUE, offset = 7, 
        gridl = FALSE)
}

temptrap <- make.grid(nx = 7, ny = 5, hollow = TRUE)
plot (temptrap, border = 10, lab = TRUE, gridl = FALSE)

plot(make.circle(n = 20, spacing = 30), lab = TRUE, offset = 9)
summary(make.circle(n = 20, spacing = 30))