Is anyone aware of any guidelines (for mark-recapture studies) on the optimal number of surveys to conduct at each site? I'm thinking along the lines of Table 1. in Mackenzie and Rolye (2005), "Designing occupancy studies:general advice and allocating survey effort" where they suggest the number of surveys needed depending on what psi and p values are.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1 ... x/abstract.
I'd like to be able to roughly calculate the number of surveys needed with varying detection probabilities.
I've been searching around, and will continue to do so, but thought I'd see if anyone had any thoughts on this.
Thanks for any help you are able to provide--it is much appreciated.
Jackie