Improving inferences and predictions of species environmental responses with occupancy data

• Published in: Methods in ecology and evolution Vol. 13; no. 7; pp. 1540 - 1551
• Main Authors: Morán‐López, Teresa, Ruiz‐Suarez, Sofía, Aldabe, Joaquín, Morales, Juan Manuel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.07.2022
• Subjects: Data analysis; environmental responses; Geographical distribution; Heterogeneity; heterogeneous detection; joint species modelling; occupancy models; Phylogeny; Rare species; Sampling designs; Simulation

Occupancy models represent a useful tool to estimate species distribution throughout the landscape. Among them, MacKenzie et al.’s model (2002, MC), is frequently used to infer species environmental responses. However, the assumption that detection probability is homogeneous or fully explained by co...