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Occupancy Estimation and Modeling: Inferring Patterns and Dynamics of Species Occurrence, Second Edition, is the first book to examine the latest methods in analyzing presence-absence data surveys. Through the use of four classes of models--single-species/single-season, single-species/multiple season, multiple-species/single-season, and multiple-species/multiple-season--the authors discuss the practical sampling situation, present a likelihood-based model that enables direct estimation of the occupancy-related parameters, take into account imperfect detectability, and make recommendations for designing studies using these models.

Note biographique

Dr. MacKenzie is biometrician for Proteus Wildlife Research Consultants in New Zealand. His main area of expertise is in using occupancy models for monitoring and research. He started working in this area while on a year long stint at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center with Drs William L. Kendall and James D. Nichols during 2000/01. He has acted as a statistical consultant to the Department of Conservation, Ministry of Fisheries and the U.S. Geological Survey. In 2002 Darryl was awarded a prestigious Fast-Start Marsden Grant from the Royal Society of New Zealand for research into optimal study designs for estimating the proportion of area occupied by a target species.

Table des matières

Part I: BACKGROUND AND CONCEPTS1. Introduction2. Occupancy Applications3. Fundamental Principals of Statistical Inference

Part II: SINGLE SPECIES, SINGLE SEASON OCCUPANCY MODELS4. Basic Presence/absence Situation5. Beyond Two Occupancy States6. Extensions to Basic Approaches7. Modeling Hetergeneous Detection Probabilities

Part III: SINGLE SPECIES, MULTIPLE SEASON OCCUPANCY MODELS8. Basic Presence/absence Situation9. More than Two Occupancy States10. Further Topics

Part IV: STUDY DESIGN11. Design of Single-season Occupancy Studies12. Multiple Season Study Design

Part V: ADVANCED TOPICS13. Integrated Modeling of Habitat and Occupancy Dynamics14. Species Co-occurrence15. Occupancy in Community-level Studies16. Final Comments

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