Abstract. Understanding habitat quality for birds is crucial for ecologists and managers, but
few papers have explored the advantages and disadvantages of different ways to measure …

In recent years, there has been a fast development of models that adjust for imperfect
detection. These models have revolutionized the analysis of field data, and their use has …

Occupancy Estimation and Modeling: Inferring Patterns and Dynamics of Species
Occurrence, Second Edition, provides a synthesis of model-based approaches for analyzing …

Introduction to WinBUGS for Ecologists introduces applied Bayesian modeling to ecologists
using the highly acclaimed, free WinBUGS software. It offers an understanding of statistical …

Summary 1 The fraction of sampling units in a landscape where a target species is present
(occupancy) is an extensively used concept in ecology. Yet in many applications the species …

Species within a guild vary their use of time, space and resources, thereby enabling
sympatry. As intra-guild competition intensifies, such behavioural adaptations may become …

Presence‐Absence data can be useful to wildlife managers in a wide variety of contexts,
from monitoring populations at large spatial scales to identifying habitats that are of high …

Carnivores have long been used as model organisms to examine mechanisms that allow
coexistence among ecologically similar species. Interactions between carnivores, including …

Conservation of threatened species relies on predictions about their spatial distribution;
however, it is often difficult to detect species in the wild. The combination of acoustic …

Aim (1) To increase awareness of the challenges induced by imperfect detection, which is a
fundamental issue in species distribution modelling;(2) to emphasize the value of replicate …