Performance of species occurrence estimators when basic assumptions are not met: A test using field data where true occupancy status is known

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 557-565

  Miller, David A W ^a   Bailey, Larissa L ^b   Grant, Evan H Campbell ^c   Mcclintock, Brett T ^d   Weir, Linda A ^e   Simons, Theodore R ^f  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection; Occupancy; Sensitivity; Species distribution modelling; Species misidentification; Species occurrence; Specificity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929335691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12342     Document Type: Article

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