matrix of sums of number of eaten prey species s during occurrence t; rows indexed by time and cols indexed by prey species, TxS

Xdst

matrix sum of number of caught prey species s during occurrence t; rows indexed by time and cols indexed by prey species, TxS

Ydst

matrix of parameters representing rates predator ate prey species s in time period t; TxS

matrix of parameters representing rates traps caught prey species s in time period t; TxS

vector of predators caught in each time period

vector of number of days all traps were left out in a given time period


log-likelihood of fully observed count data predator preferances model


Fits and simulates data from our predator preferences model, <DOI:10.1007/s10651-016-0341-3>.