TY - JOUR T1 - Distance Sampling in R JF - bioRxiv DO - 10.1101/063891 SP - 063891 AU - David L Miller AU - Eric Rexstad AU - Len Thomas AU - Laura Marshall AU - Jeffrey L Laake Y1 - 2016/01/01 UR - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/07/14/063891.abstract N2 - Estimating the abundance and spatial distribution of animal and plant populations is essential for conservation and management. We introduce the R package Distance that implements distance sampling methods to estimate abundance. We describe how users can obtain estimates of abundance (and density) using the package as well documenting the links it provides with other more specialized R packages. We also demonstrate how Distance provides a migration pathway from previous software, thereby allowing us to deliver cutting-edge methods to the users more quickly. ER -