Leopard Panthera pardus fusca Density in the Seasonally Dry, Subtropical Forest in the Bhabhar of Terai Arc, Nepal

Table 6

The posterior summaries from Bayesian spatially explicit capture-recapture (SECR-B) of the model parameters including the leopard density estimates from Parsa Wildlife Reserve implemented in SPACECAP [66] along with Geweke diagnostic parameters. Sigma is the range parameter of the species. lam0 is the intercept of expected encounter frequency. psi is the ratio of the number of animals present within the state space, 𝑆, to the maximum allowable number. Nsuper is the number of activity centers in 𝑆. Density (per 100 km²) is Nsuper divided by 𝑆 and |𝑧score| greater than 1.6 implies lack of convergence.

Parameter	Posterior mean	Posterior SD	95% Lower HPD level	95% Upper HPD level	Geweke’s statistics; |𝑧score|
Sigma	2.88	0.40	2.17	3.61	1.5975
lam0	0.02	0.005	0.012	0.03	−1.5487
Psi	0.39	0.098	0.21	0.58	0.7407
Nsuper	77.32	18.60	44	113	−0.2563
Density	3.48	0.83	2.03	5.15	−0.3725