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Book review: Spatial capture-recapture

August 21, 2014

Understanding how animals use space is a vital aspect of conservation planning and wildlife management. Technological developments (e.g., increased computer power and desktop geographic information system [GIS] applications) are bringing the ability to analyze spatial data sets to the individual biologist. Therefore, it is not surprising that methodologies have been developed to incorporate space into capture-recapture models, which are some of the most fundamental models in the field of wildlife ecology. Spatial Capture-Recapture (hereafter SCR) is a timely and informative contribution that summarizes the history and motivation behind SCR models, in addition to providing details of the methodological framework that allows the reader to develop and customize SCR models to address their own ecological questions.

Review info: Spatial Capture-Recapture. By J. Andrew Royle, Richard B. Chandler, Rahel Sollmann, and Beth Gardner, 2014. ISBN: 978-0124059399, 577 pp.

Publication Year 2014
Title Book review: Spatial capture-recapture
DOI 10.1002/jwmg.762
Authors Robin E. Russell
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Journal of Wildlife Management
Index ID 70134825
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization National Wildlife Health Center