catbird {IPMbook}R Documentation

Data for gray catbird from New England/Mid-Atlantic region, USA, 1992-2008

Description

The data set includes sighting data from the North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) and mark-recapture data from the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship program (MAPS) for gray catbirds (Dumetella carolinensis) in the New England/Mid-Atlantic region, USA, for 1992-2008.

Usage

data(catbird)

Format

catbird is a list with 9 components:

y

matrix of capture-recapture data from MAPS data, 4276 birds x 17 years.

r

residency for each bird, 1 if the bird was captured more than once at least 11 days apart in the same year; 0 otherwise.

station

banding station identifier.

count

number of individuals detected on each route in the BBS data.

stratum

identifier of the stratum of the route.

year

year of the count.

observer

identifier of the observer making the count.

firstyr

1 if the observer counted on the route for the first time, 0 otherwise.

area

the area of each stratum.

Source

North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) and Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship program (MAPS)

References

Ahrestani, F. S., Saracco, J. F., Sauer, J. R., Pardieck, K. L., Royle, J. A. (2017) An integrated population model for bird monitoring in North America. Ecological Applications 27, 916-924.

Schaub, M., Kéry, M. (2022) Integrated Population Models, Academic Press, chapter 19.

Examples

data(catbird)
str(catbird)

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