Banff_2012.csv consists of snow-tracking occupancy data collected in Banff National Park during the winter of 2011-2012.  In this data set, one km segments (spatial replicates) are nested within 100 km2 hexagonal cells.  Many segments were surveyed on multiple dates (temporal replicates).

Column Descriptions:
Species:     wolverine, lynx, cougar, coyote, deer, moose
TransectName:	Name of the transect, which can cross multiple cells.
Interval:   Interval Number within TransectName.  Intervals start at 1 within each transect.
Date:		    Survey date.
x.centre: 	Easting location at the centre of the interval (UTM NAD 83, Zone 11)
y.centre: 	Northing location at the centre of the interval (UTM NAD 83, Zone 11)
cell:      	Cell id (1:37)
segment:   	Unique ID for each interval (1:843).  Created using unique values of TransectName and Interval
y:         	Species detected (0 = No, 1 = Yes) 
y.lag:     	Was the species detected on the previous segment (0 = No, 1 = Yes).  y.lag = 0 for the first segment of every cell
y.lag.i:   	Index of 1 or 2 for the Markovian Detection Model.  y.lag.i = y.lag + 1
use.lag:   	Were the xy coordinates within 1.5 km of the previous data record (0 = No, 1 = Yes)
y.seg:     	Was the species ever detected on the segment (0 = No, 1 = Yes)
y.seg.lag: 	Was the species ever detected on the previous segment (0 = No, 1 = Yes)
use.seg.lag:	Were the xy coordinates of the segment within 1.5 km of the previous segment (0 = No, 1 = Yes)
DaysSnow    Raw values for DaysSnow (sampling window in days)
days.snow:   	DaysSnow for carnivores and ungulates centred by mean and standard deviation.  

Data is sorted by Species, TransectName, Date, Interval


For more details please contact: 

Jesse Whittington  
Wildlife Ecologist
Banff National Park
PO Box 900
Banff, Alberta, Canada  T1L 1K2
403-763-8865
jesse.whittington@pc.gc.ca