Designing count‐based studies in a world of hierarchical models

QS Latif, JJ Valente, A Johnston… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in hierarchical modeling have improved estimation of ecological parameters from
count data, especially those quantifying population abundance, distribution, and dynamics …

Redefining 'state‐of‐the‐art'for integrated population models with immigration

CR Nater - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Research Highlight: Christian, M., Oosthuizen, WC, Bester, MN, & de Bruyn, PN
(2024). Robustly estimating the demographic contribution of immigration: Simulation …

Integrating data from different taxonomic resolutions to better estimate community alpha diversity

KP Adjei, C Carvell, NJB Isaac, F Mancini… - Ecography, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Integrated distribution models (IDMs), in which datasets with different properties are
analysed together, are becoming widely used to model species distributions and abundance …

A multispecies hierarchical model to integrate count and distance‐sampling data

NA Gilbert, CM Blommel, MT Farr, DS Green… - Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Integrated community models—an emerging framework in which multiple data sources for
multiple species are analyzed simultaneously—offer opportunities to expand inferences …

Community ecology in a bottle: Leveraging eDNA metabarcoding data to predict occupancy of co‐occurring species

SJ Tetzlaff, AD Katz, MD Johnson… - Environmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Detecting environmental DNA (eDNA) of numerous organisms from the same samples has
been revolutionized by metabarcoding. However, utilizing the vast amounts of data …

The role of indirect interspecific effects in the stochastic dynamics of a simple trophic system

L Bartra-Cabré, B Hansen, AM Lee… - Authorea …, 2024 - advance.sagepub.com
Understanding indirect interspecific effects (IIEs) on population dynamics is key for
predicting community dynamics. Yet, empirically teasing apart IIEs from other interactions …