Title |
Model‐based approaches to deal with detectability: a comment on Hutto (2016a)
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Published in |
Ecological Applications, June 2017
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DOI | 10.1002/eap.1553 |
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Authors |
Tiago A. Marques, Len Thomas, Marc Kéry, Stephen T. Buckland, David L. Borchers, Eric Rexstad, Rachel M. Fewster, Darryl I. MacKenzie, J. Andrew Royle, Gurutzeta Guillera‐Arroita, Colleen M. Handel, David C. Pavlacky, Richard J. Camp |
Abstract |
In a recent paper, Hutto (2016a) challenges the need to account for detectability when interpreting data from point counts. A number of issues with model-based approaches to deal with detectability are presented, and an alternative suggested: surveying an area around each point over which detectability is assumed certain. The article contains a number of false claims and errors of logic, and we address these here. We provide suggestions about appropriate uses of distance sampling and occupancy modeling, arising from an intersection of design- and model-based inference. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. |
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