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This will hopefully grow to a comprehensive resources reference to anyone who is thinking of entering the realm of SECR. Some paper may not be explicitly mark-recapture oriented, but are closely knit with the methods.

# Books
Royle, J. A., Chandler, R. B., Sollmann, R., Gardner, B. (2013). **Spatial mark-recapture**. Academic press (ISBN: 9780124059399) ([Bookdepository](http://www.bookdepository.com/Spatial-Capture-Recapture-J-Andrew-Royle-Richard-B-Chandler-Rahel-Sollmann-Beth-Gardner/9780124059399?ref=grid-view))

Williams, B., Nichols, J., & Conroy, M. (2002). **Analysis and management of animal populations. Modeling, estimation, and decision making**. Academic press. Retrieved from http://www.elsevier.com/books/analysis-and-management-of-animal-populations/williams/978-0-12-754406-9

# (R) resources
Augustine, B. and Royle, A. (2016) **SPIM: Open population SCR MCMC sampler**. [R package available on GitHub](https://github.com/benaug/SPIM)

Cox, M. J., Borcher, D. L., Kelly, N., Borchers, D. L., & Kelly, N. (2013). **nupoint: An R package for density estimation from point transects in the presence of nonuniform animal density**. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 4(6), 1–18. http://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12058

Efford, M. G., Dawson, D. K., & Robbins, C. S. (2004). **DENSITY: Software for analysing capture-recapture data from passive detector arrays**. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 27(1), 217–228. http://doi.org/1

Efford, M. G. (2015). **secr: Spatially explicit capture-recapture models**. R package version 2.10.0. http://CRAN.R-project.org/package=secr

Efford, M. G. (2017). **What could possibly go wrong? Troubleshooting
spatially explicit capture–recapture models in secr 3.0.** http://www.otago.ac.nz/density/pdfs/secr-troubleshooting.pdf

Efford, M. G. (2017). **A tutorial on fitting spatially explicit capture–recapture models in secr.** http://www.otago.ac.nz/density/pdfs/secr-tutorial.pdf

Fiske, I., Chandler, R. (2011). **unmarked: An R Package for Fitting Hierarchical Models of Wildlife Occurrence and Abundance**. Journal of Statistical Software, 43(10), 1-23. URL http://www.jstatsoft.org/v43/i10/

Gopalaswamy, A. M., Royle, J. A., Hines, J. E., Singh, P., Jathanna, D., Kumar, N. S., & Karanth, K. U. (2012). **Program SPACECAP: Software for estimating animal density using spatially explicit capture-recapture models**. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 3(6), 1067–1072. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-210X.2012.00241.x

Ivan, J. S., & Newkirk, E. S. (2016). **Cpw Photo Warehouse: A custom database to facilitate archiving, identifying, summarizing and managing photo data collected from camera traps**. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 7(4), 499–504. http://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12503

Laake, J.L. (2013). **RMark: An R Interface for Analysis of Capture-Recapture Data with MARK**. AFSC Processed Rep 2013-01, 25p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115

McClintock, B. T. (2015). **Multimark: An R package for analysis of capture-recapture data consisting of multiple “noninvasive” marks**. Ecology and Evolution, 5(21), 4920–4931. http://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1676

Morin, D., Fuller, A. K., Royle, J. A., & Sutherland, C. (2017). **Model-based estimators of density and connectivity to inform conservation of spatially structured populations**. Ecosphere, 8(1)(January), 1–16. http://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1623

Moya, Ó., Mansilla, P.-L., Madrazo, S., Igual, J.-M., Rotger, A., Romano, A., & Tavecchia, G. (2015). **APHIS: A new software for photo-matching in ecological studies**. Ecological Informatics, 27, 64–70. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2015.03.003

Muscarella, R., Galante, P. J., Soley-Guardia, M., Boria, R. A., Kass, J. M., Uriarte, M., & Anderson, R. P. (2014). **ENMeval: An R package for conducting spatially independent evaluations and estimating optimal model complexity for Maxent ecological niche models**. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5(11), 1198–1205. http://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12261

Nguyen, T., Sinha, A., Gholami, S., Plumptre, A. J., Joppa, L. N., Tambe, M., … Beale, C. M. (2016). **CAPTURE: A New Predictive Anti-Poaching Tool for Wildlife Protection**. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS).

Niedballa, J., Sollmann, R., Courtiol, A., & Wilting, A. (2016). **camtrapR: an R package for efficient camera trap data management**. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. http://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12600

Royle, J. A., Chandler, R. B., Sollman, R., Gardner, B. (2013). **scrbook R package**. https://sites.google.com/site/spatialcapturerecapture/scrbook-r-package

Royle, J. A., Karanth, K. U., Gopalaswamy, A. M., Kumar, N. S. (2009). **SCRbayes R package**. https://sites.google.com/site/spatialcapturerecapture/scrbayes-r-package

Swinnen, K. R. R., Reijniers, J., Breno, M., & Leirs, H. (2014). **A novel method to reduce time investment when processing videos from camera trap studies**. PloS One, 9(2), e98881. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098881

# Papers
## Methodological

Augustine, B. C., Royle, J. A., Kelly, M. J., Satter, C. B., Alonso, R. S., & Crooks, K. R. (2016). **Spatial capture-recapture with partial identity: An application to camera traps**. bioRxiv. http://doi.org/10.1101/056804 ([code](https://github.com/benaug/SCRRcpp))

Moqanaki, E. M., Jiménez, J., & López-Bao, J. V. (2018). **Counting bears in the Iranian Caucasus : Remarkable mismatch between scientifically-sound population estimates and perceptions**. Biological Cons

Benhamou, S. (1988). **Analyzing spatial relationships from trapping data. Journal of Mammalogy**, 69(4), 828–831. [http://doi.org/10.2307/1381641](http://doi.org/10.2307/1381641)

Boulanger, J., & McLellan, B. (2001). **Corrigendum: Closure violation in DNA-based mark-recapture estimation of grizzly bear populations**. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 79(8), 1532. [http://doi.org/10.1139/z01-121](http://doi.org/10.1139/z01-121)

Borchers, D. L., & Efford, M. G. (2008). **Spatially explicit maximum likelihood methods for capture-recapture studies**. Biometrics, 64(2), 377–385. http://doi.org/j.1541-0420.2007.00927.x

Borchers, D. (2012). **A non-technical overview of spatially explicit capture-recapture models**. Journal of Ornithology. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-010-0583-z

Borchers, D. L., & Fewster, R. M. (2013). **Spatial capture-recapture models**. Statistical Science, 1–20. http://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-405939-9.00020-7

Borchers, D., Distiller, G., Foster, R., Harmsen, B., & Milazzo, L. (2014). **Continuous-time spatially explicit capture-recapture models, with an application to a jaguar camera-trap survey**. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5(7), 656–665. http://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12196

Borchers, D. L., Stevenson, B. C., Kidney, D., Thomas, L., & Marques, T. A. (2015). **A Unifying Model for Capture–Recapture and Distance Sampling Surveys of Wildlife Populations**. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 110(509), 195–204. http://doi.org/10.1080/01621459.2014.893884

Borchers, D. L., & Marques, T. A. (2017). **From distance sampling to spatial capture–recapture**. AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10182-016-0287-7

Bozarth, C. A., Gardner, B., Rockwood, L. L., & Jesús, E. (2015). **Using fecal DNA and spatial capture-recapture to characterize a recent coyote colonization**. Northeastern Naturalist, 22(1), 144–162. http://doi.org/10.1656/045.022.0124

Chandler, R. B., Royle, J. A., & King, D. I. (2011). **Inference about density and temporary emigration in unmarked populations**. Ecology, 92(7)(7), 1429–1435. http://doi.org/10.1890/10-2433.1

Chandler, R. B., & Andrew Royle, J. (2013). **Spatially explicit models for inference about density in unmarked or partially marked populations**. Annals of Applied Statistics, 7(2), 936–954. http://doi.org/10.1214/12-AOAS610

Chandler, R. B., & Clark, J. D. (2014). **Spatially explicit integrated population models**. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5(12), 1351–1360. http://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12153

Chandler, R. B., Hepinstall-Cymerman, J., Merker, S., Abernathy-Conners, H., & Cooper, R. J. (2018). **Characterizing spatio-temporal variation in survival and recruitment with integrated population models**. The Auk, 135(3), 409–426. http://doi.org/10.1642/AUK-17-181.1

Crimmins, S. M., Walleser, L. R., Hertel, D. R., McKann, P. C., Rohweder, J. J., & Thogmartin, W. E. (2015). **Relating mesocarnivore relative abundance to anthropogenic land-use with a hierarchical spatial count model**. Ecography, (May), n/a–n/a. http://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.01179

Davidson, G. A., Clark, D. A., Johnson, B. K., Waits, L. P., & Adams, J. R. (2014). **Estimating cougar densities in northeast Oregon using conservation detection dogs**. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 78(6), 1104–1114. http://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.758

Dey, S., Delampady, M., Karanth, K. U., & Gopalaswamy, A. M. (2017). **A spatially explicit capture recapture model for partially identified individuals when trap detection rate is less than one**. Biometrics, 0, 1–25. Retrieved from https://arxiv.org/pdf/1712.10035.pdf

Distiller, G., & Borchers, D. L. (2015). **A spatially explicit capture-recapture estimator for single-catch traps**. Ecology and Evolution, 5(21), 5075–5087. http://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1748

Drewry, J. M., Van Manen, F. T., & Ruth, D. M. (2013). **Density and genetic structure of black bears in coastal South Carolina**. Journal of Wildlife Management, 77(1), 153–164. http://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.443

Dorazio, R. M. (2013). **Bayes and empirical bayes estimators of abundance and density from spatial capture-recapture data**. PLoS ONE, 8(12), 1–12. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084017

Dorazio, R. M. (2014). **Accounting for imperfect detection and survey bias in statistical analysis of presence-only data**. Global Ecology and Biogeography, n/a–n/a. http://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12216

Dorazio, R. M. (2016). **Bayesian data analysis in population ecology: motivations, methods, and benefits**. Population Ecology, 58(1), 31–44. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10144-015-0503-4

Dutta, T., Sharma, S., Maldonado, J. E., Wood, T. C., Panwar, H. S., & Seidensticker, J. (2013). **Fine-scale population genetic structure in a wide-ranging carnivore, the leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) in central India**. Diversity and Distributions, 19(7), 760–771. http://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12024

Efford, M. (2004). **Density estimation in live-trapping studies**. Oikos, 106, 598–610. [http://doi.org/10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.13043.x](http://doi.org/10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.13043.x)

Efford, M. G., & Dawson, D. K. (2009). **Effect of distance-related heterogeneity on population size estimates from point counts**. The Auk, 126(1), 100–111. http://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2009.07197

Efford, M. G., Borchers, D. L., & Byron, A. E. (2009). **Density estimation by spatially explicit capture-recapture: Likelihood-based methods**. Environmental and Ecological Statistics. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78151-8

Efford, M. G., Dawson, D. K., & Borchers, D. L. (2009). **Population density estimated from locations of individuals on a passive detector array**. Ecology, 90(10), 2676–2682. http://doi.org/10.1890/08-1735.1

Efford, M. G. (2011). **Estimation of population density by spatially explicit capture-recapture analysis of data from area searches**. Ecology, 92(12), 2202–2207. http://doi.org/10.1890/11-0332.1

Efford, M. G., Borchers, D. L., & Mowat, G. (2013). **Varying effort in capture-recapture studies**. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 4(7), 629–636. http://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12049

Efford, M. G., & Fewster, R. M. (2013). **Estimating population size by spatially explicit capture-recapture**. Oikos, 122(6), 918–928. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20440.x

Efford, M., & Mowat, G. (2013). **Compensatory heterogeneity in spatially explicit capture− recapture data**. Ecology, 95(5), 1341–1348. http://doi.org/10.1890/13-1497.1

Efford, M. G. (2014). **Bias from heterogeneous usage of space in spatially explicit capture-recapture analyses**. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5(7), 599–602. http://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12169

Efford, M. G., Dawson, D. K., Jhala, Y. V., & Qureshi, Q. (2015). **Density-dependent home-range size revealed by spatially explicit capture-recapture**. Ecography, n/a–n/a. http://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.01511

Foster, R. J., & Harmsen, B. J. (2012). **A critique of density estimation from camera-trap data**. Journal of Wildlife Management, 76(2), 224–236. http://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.275

Galindo-Leal, C. (1990). **Live-trapping vs. snap-trapping of deer mice: a comparison of methods**. Acta Theriologica, 35(3-4), 357–363.

Gardner, B., Royle, J. A., & Wegan, M. T. (2009). **Hierarchical models for estimating density from DNA mark-recapture studies**. Ecology, 90(4), 1106–1115. http://doi.org/10.1890/07-2112.1

Gerber, B. D., Karpanty, S. M., & Kelly, M. J. (2012). **Evaluating the potential biases in carnivore capture-recapture studies associated with the use of lure and varying density estimation techniques using photographic-sampling data of the Malagasy civet**. Population Ecology, 54(1), 43–54. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10144-011-0276-3

Gerber, B. D., & Parmenter, R. R. (2015). **Spatial capture-recapture model performance with known small-mammal densities**. Ecological Applications, 25(3), 695–705. http://doi.org/10.1890/14-0960.1.sm

Gimenez, O., Choquet, R., Lamor, L., Scofield, P., Fletcher, D., Lebreton, J.-D., & Pradel, R. (2005). **Efficient profile-likelihood confidence intervals for capture-recapture models**. Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics, 10(2), 184–196. http://doi.org/10.1198/108571105X46462

Hanks, E. M., Hooten, M. B., Knick, S. T., Oyler-McCance, S. J., Fike, J. A., Cross, T. B., & Schwartz, M. K. (2016). **Latent spatial models and sampling design for landscape genetics**. The Annals of Applied Statistics, 10(2), 1041–1062. http://doi.org/10.1214/16-AOAS929

Haynes, K. J., & Cronin, J. T. (2006). **Interpatch movement and edge effects: The role of behavioral responses to the landscape matrix.** Oikos, 113(1), 43–54. [http://doi.org/10.1111/j.0030-1299.2006.13977.x](http://doi.org/10.1111/j.0030-1299.2006.13977.x)

Ivan, J. S., White, G. C., & Shenk, T. M. (2013). **Using auxiliary telemetry information to estimate animal density from capture-recapture data**. Ecology, 94(4), 809–816. http://doi.org/10.1890/12-0101.1

Ivan, J. S., White, G. C., & Shenk, T. M. (2013). **Using simulation to compare methods for estimating density from capture-recapture data**. Ecology, 94(4), 817–826. http://doi.org/10.1890/12-0102.1

Kendall, W. L. (1999). **Robustness of closed capture-recapture methods to violations of the closure assumption**. Ecology, 80(8), 2517–2525. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/177237

Kéry, M., Gardner, B., Stoeckle, T., Weber, D., & Royle, J. A. (2010). **Use of spatial capture-recapture modeling and DNA data to estimate densities of elusive animals**. Conservation Biology, 25(2), 356–364. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01616.x

Linden, D. W., Sirén, A. P. K., & Pekins, P. J. (2018). **Integrating telemetry data into spatial capture-recapture modifies inferences on multi-scale resource selection**. Ecosphere, 9(4), e02203. http://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2203

Marques, T. A., Thomas, L., & Royle, J. A. (2011). **A hierarchical model for spatial capture-recapture data: comment**. Ecology, 92(2), 526–528.

Manning, T., Edge, W. D., & Wolff, J. O. (1995). **Evaluating population-size estimators: an empirical approach**. Journal of Mammalogy, 76(4), 1149–1158.

Manning, J. a, & Goldberg, C. S. (2010). **Estimating population size using capture-recapture encounter histories created from point-coordinate locations of animals**. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 1(4), 389–397. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-210X.2010.00041.x

Marucco, F., Boitani, L., Pletscher, D. H., & Schwartz, M. K. (2011). **Bridging the gaps between non-invasive genetic sampling and population parameter estimation**. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 57, 1–13. [http://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-010-0477-7](http://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-010-0477-7)

Milleret, C., Dupont, P., Brøseth, H., Kindberg, J., Andrew Royle, J., & Bischof, R. (2018). *Using partial aggregation in Spatial Capture Recapture*. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. http://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13030

Ramsey, D. S. L., Caley, P. A., & Robley, A. (2015). **Estimating population density from presence-absence data using a spatially explicit model**. Journal of Wildlife Management, 79(3), 491–499. http://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.851

Reich, B. J., & Gardner, B. (2014). **A spatial capture-recapture model for territorial species**. Environmetrics, 1–9. Retrieved from http://arxiv.org/abs/1405.1976

Rowcliffe, J. M., Field, J., Turvey, S. T., & Carbone, C. (2008). **Estimating animal density using camera traps without the need for individual recognition**. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45(4), 1228–1236. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01473.x

Royle, J. A. (2004). **N-mixture models for estimating population size from spatially replicated counts**. Biometrics, 60(March), 108–115. Retrieved from https://classes.warnercnr.colostate.edu/bayes-workshop/files/2013/04/Royle_Biometrics_2004.pdf

Royle, J. A. (2004). **Generalized estimators of avian abundance from count survey data**. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 27(1), 375–386. Retrieved from http://abc.museucienciesjournals.cat/volum-27-1-2004-abc/generalized-estimators-of-avian-abundance-from-count-survey-data/?lang=en

Royle, J. A., & Young, K. V. (2008). **A hierarchical model for spatial capture recapture data**. Ecology, 89(8), 2281–2289. http://doi.org/10.1890/07-0601.1

Royle, A., Nichols, J. D., Karanth, K. U., & Gapalaswamy, A. M. (2009). **A hierarchical model for estimating density in camera-trap studies**. Journal of Applied Ecology, 46, 118–127. [http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01578.x](http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01578.x)

Royle, J. A., Karanth, K. U., Gopalaswamy, A. M., & Kumar, N. S. (2009). **Bayesian inference in camera trapping studies for a class of spatial capture-recapture models**. Ecology, 90(11), 3233–3244. http://doi.org/10.1890/08-1481.1

Royle, J. A. (2009). **Analysis of capture-recapture models with individual covariates using data augmentation**. Biometrics, 65(1), 267–274. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0420.2008.01038.x

Royle, J. A., Kéry, M., & Guélat, J. (2011). **Spatial capture-recapture models for search-encounter data**. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2(6), 602–611. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00116.x

Royle, J. A., & Dorazio, R. M. (2012). **Parameter-expanded data augmentation for Bayesian analysis of capture-recapture models**. Journal of Ornithology, 152(SUPPL. 2), 521–537. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-010-0619-4

Royle, J. A., Chandler, R. B., Yackulic, C., & Nichols, J. D. (2012). **Likelihood analysis of species occurrence probability from presence-only data for modelling species distributions**. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 3(3), 545–554. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00182.x

Royle, J. A., Chandler, R. B., Gazenski, K. D., & Graves, T. A. (2013). **Spatial capture-recapture models for jointly estimating population density and landscape connectivity**. Ecology, 94(2), 287–294. http://doi.org/10.1890/12-0413.1

Royle, J. A., Chandler, R. B., Sun, C. C., & Fuller, A. K. (2013). **Integrating resource selection information with spatial capture-recapture**. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 4(6), 520–530. http://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12039

Royle, J. A., & Converse, S. J. (2014). **Hierarchical spatial capture-recapture models: Modelling population density in stratified populations**. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5(1), 37–43. http://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12135

Royle, J. A., Chandler, R. B., Sun, C. C., & Fuller, A. K. (2014). **Reply to Efford on “Integrating resource selection information with spatial capture-recapture”**. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5(7), 603–605. http://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12205

Royle, J. A., Fuller, A. K., & Sutherland, C. (2016). **Spatial capture–recapture models allowing Markovian transience or dispersal**. Population Ecology, 58(1), 53–62. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10144-015-0524-z

Royle, J. A., Fuller, A. K., & Sutherland, C. (2017). **Unifying Population and Landscape Ecology with Spatial Capture-recapture**. bioRxiv, 31. http://doi.org/10.1101/103341

Sollmann, R., Tôrres, N. M., Furtado, M. M., De Almeida Jácomo, A. T., Palomares, F., Roques, S., & Silveira, L. (2013). **Combining camera-trapping and noninvasive genetic data in a spatial capture-recapture framework improves density estimates for the jaguar**. Biological Conservation, 167, 242–247. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2013.08.003

Sollmann, R., Gardner, B., & Belant, J. L. (2012). **How does spatial study design influence density estimates from spatial capture-recapture models**? PLoS ONE, 7(4), 1–8. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0034575

Speed, C. W., Meekan, M. G., & Bradshaw, C. J. A. (2007). **Spot the match - wildlife photo-identification using information theory**. Frontiers in Zoology, 4, 2. http://doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-4-2

Spehar, S. N., Loken, B., Rayadin, Y., & Royle, J. A. (2015). **Comparing spatial capture-recapture modeling and nest count methods to estimate orangutan densities in the Wehea Forest, East Kalimantan, Indonesia**. Biological Conservation, 191(February 2016), 185–193. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.06.013

Sun, C. C., Fuller, A. K., & Andrew Royle, J. (2014). **Trap configuration and spacing influences parameter estimates in spatial capture-recapture models**. PLoS ONE, 9(2), 1–9. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088025

Thompson, C. M., Royle, J. A., & Garner, J. D. (2012). **A framework for inference about carnivore density from unstructured spatial sampling of scat using detector dogs**. Journal of Wildlife Management, 76(4), 863–871. http://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.317

Tallmon, D. A., & Mills, L. S. (2004). **Edge effects and isolation: red-backed voles revisited**. Conservation Biology, 18(6), 1658–1664. [http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00439.x](http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00439.x)

Wilton, C. M., Puckett, E. E., Beringer, J., Gardner, B., Eggert, L. S., & Belant, J. L. (2014). **Trap Array Configuration Influences Estimates and Precision of Black Bear Density and Abundance**. PLoS ONE, 9(10), e111257. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111257

Wilton, C. M., Beringer, J., Puckett, E. E., Eggert, L. S., & Belant, J. L. (2016). **Spatiotemporal factors affecting detection of black bears during noninvasive capture-recapture surveys**. Journal of Mammalogy, 97(1), 266–273. http://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyv176

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## Application

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Mollet, P., Kéry, M., Gardner, B., Pasinelli, G., & Royle, J. A. (2015). **Estimating population size for capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus L.) with spatial capture-recapture models based on genotypes from one field sample**. PLoS ONE, 10(6), 1–16. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129020

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Pirotta, E., Thompson, P. M., Cheney, B., Donovan, C. R., & Lusseau, D. (2015). **Estimating spatial, temporal and individual variability in dolphin cumulative exposure to boat traffic using spatially explicit capture-recapture methods**. Animal Conservation, 18(1), 20–31. http://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12132

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## Reports and other sources
Black Bear Population Size and Density in Apalachicola, Big Cypress, Eglin, Ocala/St. Johns, and Osceola Study Areas, Florida. [link](http://myfwc.com/media/4054764/finalpopulationestimatereport0816.pdf)

Walker, Timothy A. (2016) Testing camera trap density estimates from the spatial capture model and calibrated capture rate indices against kangaroo rat (Dipodomys spp.) live trapping data. Master of science thesis [link](http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8289&context=etd_theses)

[web] [WILD8390 R code to simulate common data structures in R and perform MLE from simulated data](https://sites.google.com/site/wild8390/software/simulate)

Smith, Jennifer B. 2018. Context Matters for Black Bears: Evaluating Spatially Explicit Density Estimators and Trade-Offs in Resource Selection. Michigan State University, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. 10747191
[link](https://search.proquest.com/openview/09f193505767ffcffcdf8cf37038699b/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y)