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Rdistance contains functions and associated routines for analysis of distance-sampling data collected on point or line transects.

New to distance-sampling?

Check out Distance-sampling for the Average Joe which describes the motivation and basic situation behind distance-sampling.

Tutorials

The best place to dive into analysis is probably one of the following Tutorials :

• Rdistance tutorial for beginners
• Modeling abundance in relation to covariates
• User-defined likelihood functions in Rdistance
• Rdistance reference manual

General Information

• Basic information on distance sampling
• General advice for designing distance-sampling studies (coming soon)
• How does Rdistance relate to other distance sampling analysis software?

Frequently Asked Questions

• Rdistance FAQs