R: Estimation of the Number of Fatalities from Carcass Searches

# Estimation of the Number of Fatalities from Carcass Searches

## Documentation for package ‘carcass’ version 1.9

- DESCRIPTION file
- Package README

## Help Pages

carcass-package | Estimation of the Number of Fatalities from Carcass Searches
batdist | Distribution of bat carcasses below wind turbines
carcass | Estimation of the Number of Fatalities from Carcass Searches
CIetterson | Confidence interval for the functions ettersonEq14, ettersonEq14v1 and ettersonEq14v2
estimateN | Estimation of number of killed animals based on carcass searches and estimates for detection probability
ettersonEq14 | Equation 14 of Etterson (2013) Ecological Applications 23, 1915-1925
ettersonEq14v1 | Equation 14 of Etterson (2013) Ecological Applications 23, 1915-1925, adapted so that persistence probability and searcher efficiency can vary with calender date
ettersonEq14v2 | Equation 14 of Etterson (2013) Ecological Applications 23, 1915-1925, adapted so that persistence probability and searcher efficiency can vary with age of the carcass
integrate.persistence | Integrate persistence probability over the discrete time intervals (e.g. days) to account for constant arrival of carcasses
perickson | Carcass detection probability acording to Erickson et al. 2004
persistence | Times until removal for brown mice carcasses
persistence.prob | Estimates carcass persistence probability based on carcass removal experiment data
phuso | Carcass detection probability acording to Huso 2010
pkorner | Carcass detection probability acording to Korner-Nievergelt et al. 2011
posterior.N | Posterior distribution of the number of fatalities based on the number of carcasses found and the probability of finding a carcass.
posteriorN | Posterior distribution of the number of fatalities based on the number of carcasses found and the probability of finding a carcass.
search.efficiency | Estimates detection probability per person and visibility classes using a binomial model
searches | Data of a searcher efficiency trial
shapeparameter | Shapeparameters of a beta-distribution from the mean, the lower and upper limit of the 95% confidence or credible interval