Spatial Variation on Multiple Scales in Line Transect Data; the Case of Antarctic Fin Whales
线样带数据的多尺度空间变异:南极长须鲸案例
Line transect sampling is a widely used survey method for estimating animal density or abundance. We present a novel model for such data that allows for spatial variation in animal density at two scales: a long scale, representing trends caused by for instance climatic or terrain gradients, and a short scale, representing abrupt shifts due to local effects such as prey patchiness. The long-range variation is modeled as a latent Gaussian random field, while the abrupt changes…