Key concepts: Detection function

You detect fewer animals or sign further away from your transect or point

A detection function models the decline in observations with distance

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🎨 Explain a distance sampling concept

Explain one of the following distance sampling concepts in your own way:

  1. Detectability
  2. One of the four assumptions of distance sampling, why it matters, and what you think might be the effect of breaking the assumption on your estimates
    1. Random placement
    2. Detection is certain
    3. No movement
    4. Accurate measurements
  3. Detection function
  4. Effective strip width

You can explain the concept however you wish, for example:

  • Draw a diagram
  • Tell a story from your own experience
  • Write your own definition
  • Add an audio recording of your explanation

Whatever way works best for you, and allows you to express your ideas! πŸ’‘

Provide feedback

Peer feedback

To encourage you to share ideas and expertise, this assignment includes a social aspect where you give feedback

Ensure your feedback is supportive rather than critical, and is specific to their piece of work. The aim is to help everyone extend their skills and understanding

You might:

  • Explain what you found particularly useful about their contribution
  • Ask a question about something you don’t understand in it
  • Give a suggestion for an improvement, extension, or different way of looking at it

πŸ’¬ Discussion: Applications of distance sampling

  1. Share your explanation our discussion area
  2. Read the other contributions, and provide feedback to one of them
Earn a certificate!

This summary and feedback exercise is the second half of your assignment on this Theory course. You need to complete it in order to earn a certificate

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