Ignoring imperfect detection in biological surveys is dangerous: a response to 'fitting and interpreting occupancy models'.

In a recent paper, Welsh, Lindenmayer and Donnelly (WLD) question the usefulness of models that estimate species occupancy while accounting for detectability. WLD claim that these models are difficult to fit and argue that disregarding detectability can be better than trying to adjust for it. We thi...

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Main Authors: Gurutzeta Guillera-Arroita, José J Lahoz-Monfort, Darryl I MacKenzie, Brendan A Wintle, Michael A McCarthy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4116132?pdf=render