Occupancy Estimation and Modeling

• Author : Darryl I. MacKenzie,James D. Nichols,J. Andrew Royle,Kenneth H. Pollock,Larissa Bailey,James E. Hines
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release Date : 2017-11-17
• ISBN : 9780124072459

Occupancy Estimation and Modeling: Inferring Patterns and Dynamics of Species Occurrence, Second Edition, provides a synthesis of model-based approaches for analyzing presence-absence data, allowing for imperfect detection. Beginning from the relatively simple case of estimating the proportion of area or sampling units occupied at the time of surveying, the authors describe a wide variety of extensions that have been developed since the early 2000s. This provides an improved insight about species and community ecology, including, detection heterogeneity; correlated detections; spatial

• Author : Darryl I. MacKenzie,James D. Nichols,J. Andrew Royle,Kenneth H. Pollock,Larissa L. Bailey,Leslie Bailey,James E. Hines
• Publisher : Academic Press
• Release Date : 2006
• ISBN : 9780120887668

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• Author : Darryl I. MacKenzie,James D. Nichols,J. Andrew Royle,Kenneth H. Pollock,Larissa Bailey,James E. Hines
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release Date : 2005-11-17
• ISBN : 9780080455044

Occupancy Estimation and Modeling is the first book to examine the latest methods in analyzing presence/absence data surveys. Using 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 enabling direct estimation of the occupancy-related parameters while allowing for imperfect detectability, and make recommendations for designing studies using these models. Provides authoritative insights into the latest in estimation modeling Discusses multiple models which lay

• Author : J. Andrew Royle,Robert M. Dorazio
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release Date : 2008-10-15
• ISBN : 9780080559254

A guide to data collection, modeling and inference strategies for biological survey data using Bayesian and classical statistical methods. This book describes a general and flexible framework for modeling and inference in ecological systems based on hierarchical models, with a strict focus on the use of probability models and parametric inference. Hierarchical models represent a paradigm shift in the application of statistics to ecological inference problems because they combine explicit models of ecological system structure or dynamics with models of

• Author : Byron K. Williams,James D.. Nichols,James D. Nichols,Michael J. Conroy,Michael J.. Conroy
• Publisher : Academic Press
• Release Date : 2002-04-17
• ISBN : 9780127544069

Analysis and Management of Animal Populations deals with the processes involved in making informed decisions about the management of animal populations. It covers the modeling of population responses to management actions, the estimation of quantities needed in the modeling effort, and the application of these estimates and models to the development of sound management decisions. The book synthesizes and integrates in a single volume the methods associated with these themes, as they apply to ecological assessment and conservation of animal

• Author : J. Andrew Royle,Richard B. Chandler,Rahel Sollmann,Beth Gardner
• Publisher : Academic Press
• Release Date : 2013-08-27
• ISBN : 9780124071520

Spatial Capture-Recapture provides a comprehensive how-to manual with detailed examples of spatial capture-recapture models based on current technology and knowledge. Spatial Capture-Recapture provides you with an extensive step-by-step analysis of many data sets using different software implementations. The authors' approach is practical – it embraces Bayesian and classical inference strategies to give the reader different options to get the job done. In addition, Spatial Capture-Recapture provides data sets, sample code and computing scripts in an R package. Comprehensive reference on revolutionary

• Author : Marc Kery
• Publisher : Academic Press
• Release Date : 2010-07-19
• ISBN : 0123786061

Introduction to WinBUGS for Ecologists introduces applied Bayesian modeling to ecologists using the highly acclaimed, free WinBUGS software. It offers an understanding of statistical models as abstract representations of the various processes that give rise to a data set. Such an understanding is basic to the development of inference models tailored to specific sampling and ecological scenarios. The book begins by presenting the advantages of a Bayesian approach to statistics and introducing the WinBUGS software. It reviews the four most

• Author : Marc Kery,Michael Schaub
• Publisher : Academic Press
• Release Date : 2011-10-11
• ISBN : 9780123870216

Bayesian statistics has exploded into biology and its sub-disciplines, such as ecology, over the past decade. The free software program WinBUGS, and its open-source sister OpenBugs, is currently the only flexible and general-purpose program available with which the average ecologist can conduct standard and non-standard Bayesian statistics. Comprehensive and richly commented examples illustrate a wide range of models that are most relevant to the research of a modern population ecologist All WinBUGS/OpenBUGS analyses are completely integrated in software R

• Author : Hien Nguyen
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release Date : 2020-01-03
• ISBN : 9789811519604

This book constitutes the proceedings of the Research School on Statistics and Data Science, RSSDS 2019, held in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, in July 2019. The 11 papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 23 submissions. The volume also contains 7 invited talks. The workshop brought together academics, researchers, and industry practitioners of statistics and data science, to discuss numerous advances in the disciplines and their impact on the sciences and society. The topics covered are data analysis, data science, data mining,

• Author : Marc Kery,J. Andrew Royle
• Publisher : Academic Press
• Release Date : 2020-10-10
• ISBN : 9780128097274

Applied Hierarchical Modeling in Ecology: Analysis of Distribution, Abundance and Species Richness in R and BUGS, Volume Two: Dynamic and Advanced Models provides a synthesis of the state-of-the-art in hierarchical models for plant and animal distribution, also focusing on the complex and more advanced models currently available. The book explains all procedures in the context of hierarchical models that represent a unified approach to ecological research, thus taking the reader from design, through data collection, and into analyses using a

• Author : Dennis L. Murray,Brett K. Sandercock
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release Date : 2020-02-10
• ISBN : 9780470674147

A synthesis of contemporary analytical and modeling approaches in population ecology The book provides an overview of the key analytical approaches that are currently used in demographic, genetic, and spatial analyses in population ecology. The chapters present current problems, introduce advances in analytical methods and models, and demonstrate the applications of quantitative methods to ecological data. The book covers new tools for designing robust field studies; estimation of abundance and demographic rates; matrix population models and analyses of population dynamics;

• Author : Michael J. Conroy,John P. Carroll
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release Date : 2011-09-20
• ISBN : 9781444356496

This book provides a hands-on introduction to the construction and application of models to studies of vertebrate distribution, abundance, and habitat. The book is aimed at field biologists, conservation planners, and advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students who are involved with planning and analyzing conservation studies, and applying the results to conservation decisions. The book also acts as a bridge to more advanced and mathematically challenging coverage in the wider literature. Part I provides a basic background in population and community

• Author : K. Ullas Karanth,James D. Nichols
• Publisher : Springer
• Release Date : 2017-10-26
• ISBN : 9789811054365

This book addresses issues of monitoring populations of tigers, ungulate prey species and habitat occupancy, with relevance to similar assessments of large mammal species and general biodiversity. It covers issues of rigorous sampling, modeling, estimation and adaptive management of animal populations using cutting-edge tools, such as camera-traps, genetic identification and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), applied under the modern statistical approach of Bayesian and likelihood-based inference. Of special focus here are animal survey data derived for use under spatial capture-recapture, occupancy,

• Author : William L. Thompson,Gary C. White,Charles Gowan
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release Date : 1998-08-17
• ISBN : 9780080536941

This book is written to serve as a general reference for biologists and resource managers with relatively little statistical training. It focuses on both basic concepts and practical applications to provide professionals with the tools needed to assess monitoring methods that can detect trends in populations. It combines classical finite population sampling designs with population enumeration procedures in a unified approach for obtaining abundance estimates for species of interest. The statistical information is presented in practical, easy-to-understand terminology. Presented in

• Author : William Thompson
• Publisher : Island Press
• Release Date : 2013-04-10
• ISBN : 9781610911061

Information regarding population status and abundance of rare species plays a key role in resource management decisions. Ideally, data should be collected using statistically sound sampling methods, but by their very nature, rare or elusive species pose a difficult sampling challenge. Sampling Rare or Elusive Species describes the latest sampling designs and survey methods for reliably estimating occupancy, abundance, and other population parameters of rare, elusive, or otherwise hard-to-detect plants and animals. It offers a mixture of theory and application,