How ignoring detection probability hurts biodiversity conservation
Conservation priorities and legal protections are often based on confirmed species
occurrences. However, imperfect detection is likely the norm in biological surveys, resulting …
occurrences. However, imperfect detection is likely the norm in biological surveys, resulting …
[HTML][HTML] Making the most of existing data in conservation research
Much attention in recent years has been focused on making biodiversity data open and
accessible to researchers. Yet ensuring the availability of these data is only the first step in …
accessible to researchers. Yet ensuring the availability of these data is only the first step in …
Not all who wander are lost: Trail bias in community science
EM Geurts, JD Reynolds, BM Starzomski - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The exponential growth and interest in community science programs is producing
staggering amounts of biodiversity data across broad temporal and spatial scales. Large …
staggering amounts of biodiversity data across broad temporal and spatial scales. Large …
Supplemental structured surveys and pre-existing detection models improve fine-scale density and population estimation with opportunistic community science data
TA Hallman, WD Robinson - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Density and population estimates aid in conservation and stakeholder communication.
While free and broadly available community science data can effectively inform species …
While free and broadly available community science data can effectively inform species …
Minimizing Data Waste
Advances in computing, statistics, and technology over the past few decades has resulted in
the accumulation of massive amounts of biodiversity data, as well as novel methods for …
the accumulation of massive amounts of biodiversity data, as well as novel methods for …
Agent-based simulations improve abundance estimation
P Sólymos - Biologia Futura, 2023 - Springer
Abundance is a fundamental characteristic of every biological population and is the focus of
many research programs in ecology and conservation. In this paper I give an overview of the …
many research programs in ecology and conservation. In this paper I give an overview of the …
Automatic Detection of Feral Pigeons in Urban Environments Using Deep Learning
Simple Summary We advanced a deep learning model that significantly enhances the
detection and population estimation of feral pigeons in the dynamic urban landscape of …
detection and population estimation of feral pigeons in the dynamic urban landscape of …
[HTML][HTML] An ecological perspective on the temporal variation in Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) drumming behavior in Alberta, Canada
As old-growth forest ecosystems become increasingly scarce in North America, the need to
accurately and efficiently survey old-growth specialists and keystone species, such as the …
accurately and efficiently survey old-growth specialists and keystone species, such as the …
Informative priors can account for location uncertainty in stop-level analyses of the North American Breeding Bird Survey, allowing fine-scale ecological analyses
Ecological inferences are often based on the locations at which species are present, but
many species records have substantial uncertainty in spatial metadata, limiting their utility for …
many species records have substantial uncertainty in spatial metadata, limiting their utility for …
A framework to support the identification of critical habitat for wide-ranging species at risk under climate change
L Leston, FV Dénes, TDS Docherty… - Biodiversity and …, 2024 - Springer
To recover species at risk, it is necessary to identify habitat critical to their recovery.
Challenges for species with large ranges (thousands of square kilometres) include …
Challenges for species with large ranges (thousands of square kilometres) include …