Spatial capture-recapture for categorically marked populations with an application to genetic capture-recapture

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dc.contributor.authorAugustine, Ben C.en
dc.contributor.authorRoyle, J. Andrewen
dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Sean M.en
dc.contributor.authorChandler, Richard B.en
dc.contributor.authorCox, John J.en
dc.contributor.authorKelly, Marcella J.en
dc.contributor.departmentFish and Wildlife Conservationen
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T13:11:35Zen
dc.date.available2019-08-14T13:11:35Zen
dc.date.issued2019-04en
dc.description.abstractRecently introduced unmarked spatial capture-recapture (SCR), spatial mark-resight (SMR), and 2-flank spatial partial identity models (SPIMs) extend the domain of SCR to populations or observation systems that do not always allow for individual identity to be determined with certainty. For example, some species do not have natural marks that can reliably produce individual identities from photographs, and some methods of observation produce partial identity samples as is the case with remote cameras that sometimes produce single-flank photographs. Unmarked SCR, SMR, and SPIM share the feature that they probabilistically resolve the uncertainty in individual identity using the spatial location where samples were collected. Spatial location is informative of individual identity in spatially structured populations because a sample is more likely to have been produced by an individual living near the trap where it was recorded than an individual living further away from the trap. Further, the level of information about individual identity that a spatial location contains is related to two key ecological concepts, population density and home range size, which we quantify using a proposed Identity Diversity Index (IDI). We show that latent and partial identity SCR models produce imprecise and biased density estimates in many high IDI scenarios when data are sparse. We then extend the unmarked SCR model to incorporate categorical, partially identifying covariates, which reduce the level of uncertainty in individual identity, increasing the reliability and precision of density estimates, and allowing reliable density estimation in scenarios with higher IDI values and with more sparse data. We illustrate the performance of this "categorical SPIM" via simulations and by applying it to a black bear data set using microsatellite loci as categorical covariates, where we reproduce the full data set estimates with only slightly less precision using fewer loci than necessary for confident individual identification. We then discuss how the categorical SPIM can be applied to other wildlife sampling scenarios such as remote camera surveys, where natural or researcher-applied partial marks can be observed in photographs. Finally, we discuss how the categorical SPIM can be added to SMR, 2-flank SPIM, or other latent identity SCR models.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2627en
dc.identifier.issn2150-8925en
dc.identifier.issue4en
dc.identifier.othere02627en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/93058en
dc.identifier.volume10en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherEcological Society of Americaen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unporteden
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/en
dc.subjectgenetic mark-recaptureen
dc.subjectIdentity Diversity Indexen
dc.subjectmicrosatellitesen
dc.subjectpartial identityen
dc.subjectspatial capture-recaptureen
dc.subjectspatial mark-resighten
dc.subjectunmarked spatial capture-recaptureen
dc.titleSpatial capture-recapture for categorically marked populations with an application to genetic capture-recaptureen
dc.title.serialEcosphereen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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