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R script to simulate point-count data and estimate population trend under various scenarios of changing phenology

July 23, 2025

The script in this code repository simulates point-count data under an example scenario, sets up model input, and runs an N-mixture model with two components of detection (availability and perceptibility) to estimate the population trend. This simulation and analysis were developed to evaluate the consequences of changing spring phenology for estimating population trend of breeding bird populations via point-count surveys.

Publication Year 2025
Title R script to simulate point-count data and estimate population trend under various scenarios of changing phenology
DOI 10.5066/P13SFKGR
Authors Emily L Weiser
Product Type Software Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization Alaska Science Center
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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