Table 3 Design of the simulation study, based on three ecological/ behavioural parameters, home range area, population size and mean hourly displacement of (a group of) individual animals.

Home range		Population size			Movement		Detection process
Closure	HRA	N	Abun. (\(\lambda )\)	Site-use freq. (\({\lambda }_{use})\)	\(\sigma\)	\(\rho\)	\(p\)	\(\mu\)
Closure	0.65	480	3.33	3.33	150	0.70	0.0297–0.0554	0.0411–0.0831
		480	3.33	3.33		0.95	0.0158–0.0380	0.0322–0.0749
		240	1.67	1.67		0.70	0.0221–0.0638	0.0288–0.0955
		240	1.67	1.67		0.95	0.0129–0.0411	0.0249–0.0879
Non-closure		480	3.33	11.49 – 15.88		0.70	0.0036–0.0192	0.0049–0.0274
		480	3.33	11.49 – 15.88		0.95	0.0019–0.0136	0.0029–0.0252
		240	1.67	5.58 – 7.94		0.70	0.0018–0.0191	0.0025–0.0321
		240	1.67	5.58 – 7.94		0.95	0.0011–0.0148	0.0015–0.0351
	2.61	240	1.67	11.82 – 13.14	300	0.70	0.0024–0.0155	0.0030–0.0195
		240	1.67	11.82 – 13.14		0.95	0.0009–0.0090	0.0014–0.0132
		120	0.83	5.69 – 6.78		0.70	0.0017–0.0157	0.0019–0.0177
		120	0.83	5.69 – 6.78		0.95	0.0005–0.0125	0.0011–0.0179
	10.38	120	0.83	14.09 – 16.48	600	0.70	0.0036–0.0094	0.0042–0.0109
		120	0.83	14.09 – 16.48		0.95	0.0011–0.0044	0.0013–0.0051
		60	0.42	6.79 – 8.62		0.70	0.0027–0.0107	0.0027–0.0124
		60	0.42	6.79 – 8.62		0.95	0.0002–0.0057	0.0002–0.0068
	41.58	60	0.42	17.44 – 22.84	1200	0.70	0.0019–0.0059	0.0019–0.0065
		60	0.42	17.44 – 22.84		0.95	0.0003–0.0041	0.0005–0.0054
		30	0.21	8.11 – 11.84		0.70	0.0015–0.0067	0.0015–0.0071
		30	0.21	8.11 – 11.84		0.95	0.0001–0.0044	0.0004–0.0056

The range of true detection probabilities \(p\) and rates \(\mu\), resulting from each scenario, are also indicated.

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