Table 1.

Mean and relative root‐mean‐square error (rRSME) of the posterior means of survival (ϕ), based on 100 simulated datasets for each open population spatial capture–recapture model

Activity center model	3σ buffer		4σ buffer		5σ buffer
	Mean	rRSME	Mean	rRSME	Mean	rRSME
Constant	0.75	0.06	0.75	0.06	0.75	0.07
Independent	0.70	0.10	0.74	0.06	0.77	0.07
Correlated	0.74	0.06	0.75	0.06	0.75	0.06

Three different buffer sizes (columns) were used to delineate the state space (4σ is data‐generating state space) and combined with three different models for how activity centers change over primary period (rows). Data‐generating value of $\varphi =0.75$