Detector Type

Description

Extract or replace the detector type.

Usage

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

Arguments

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).

Value

character string for detector type

Author(s)

Murray Efford murray.efford@otago.ac.nz

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)