Spotlighting counts of Tasmanian Devils from 1985-2019

This dataset consists of annual spotlighting transects surveyed by the Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment. See Cunningham et al (2021) Ecology Letters for details of survey methodology. Each transect is represented by a row in the dataset:<br>'Tasmanian.Devil' shows the number of Tasmanian devils sighted in a given transect. 'Year' refers to the survey year.'dftdArrival_estimate' represents the model-estimated year that devil facial tumour disease (DFTD) arrived to a transect.'yrsDFTD_estimate' is the difference between survey year and the estimated year of DFTD arrival. <br>