Model-based control of observer bias for the analysis of presence-only data in ecology.

Presence-only data, where information is available concerning species presence but not species absence, are subject to bias due to observers being more likely to visit and record sightings at some locations than others (hereafter "observer bias"). In this paper, we describe and evaluate a...

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Main Authors: David I Warton, Ian W Renner, Daniel Ramp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3832482?pdf=render