distanceMonitoraflorestal: an R package to estimate population density of birds and mammals of the Monitora Program
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https://doi.org/10.37002/biodiversidadebrasileira.v15i2.2536Keywords:
detection function, model adjustment, population ecology, conservationAbstract
The anthropogenic activities that transform and reduce natural habitats are the major drivers of the global loss of biodiversity. The increase in species extinction rates and natural population declines are some indicators of this loss. In the Brazilian context, the ICMBio Monitora Program is an important source of data for monitoring biodiversity. Thus, a partnership between WWF and ICMBio was formed in 2023 to seek analytical strategies that would boost the analysis of data on monitored species. From this partnership, we developed the distanceMonitoraflorestal package, created to apply distance analysis models to estimate population densities for bird and mammal species monitored by the Global Forestry module. In this article, we present the package's functionalities based on data of the Sapajus apella population (tufted capuchin) at REBIO do Uatumã and comment on details of the distance sampling data analysis method.
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