Correction: A Unimodal Model for Double Observer Distance Sampling Surveys
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There are errors in S1 Text and S2 Text that affect the code script. The corrected S1 Text fixes an error in creating Fig. 9. The corrected S2 Text fixes an error that masked the location of a needed function. Please find the corrected files here. S1 Text. PlosOneMRDSAnalysis.txt. A R script file that will replicate the results found in this manuscript. (TXT) S2 Text. Two.Piece.Normal.txt. A R file containing all the R-functions written to fit a MRDS model that uses a two-piece normal detection model. These functions are required by the SkwetnaBlackBearAnalysis.txt file. access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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