Fitting and Interpreting Occupancy Models

Alan H. Welsh; David B. Lindenmayer; Christine F. Donnelly

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052015

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Fitting and Interpreting Occupancy Models

Alan H. Welsh ,

* E-mail: Alan.Welsh@anu.edu.au

Affiliation Centre for Mathematics and its Applications, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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David B. Lindenmayer,

Affiliation Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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Christine F. Donnelly

Affiliation Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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Fitting and Interpreting Occupancy Models

Alan H. Welsh,
David B. Lindenmayer,
Christine F. Donnelly

Published: January 10, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052015

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A response paper has been published (Guillera-Arroita et al, 2014; PLoS ONE 9(7): e99571)

Posted by gguillera on 13 Oct 2014 at 04:25 GMT

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Here we conduct further analyses that show that Welsh et al’s conclusions questioning the usefulness of occupancy-detection models are not general. We demonstrate how occupancy-detection models are superior to simpler models by exploring other scenarios similar to those examined by Welsh et al.

No competing interests declared.

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A response paper has been published (Guillera-Arroita et al, 2014; PLoS ONE 9(7): e99571)

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