The rapid improvement of camera traps in recent decades has revolutionized biodiversity
monitoring. Despite clear applications in conservation science, camera traps have seldom …

Citizen science is a rapidly growing field whereby volunteers can collect and/or analyze data
to contribute to research and gain an appreciation for the environment. There are countless …

There is increasing availability and use of unstructured and semi‐structured citizen science
data in biodiversity research and conservation. This expansion of a rich source of 'big …

With the advance of methods for estimating species distribution models has come an interest
in how to best combine datasets to improve estimates of species distributions. This has …

Data integration is a statistical modeling approach that incorporates multiple data sources
within a unified analytical framework. Macrosystems ecology–the study of ecological …

Integrated Population Models: Theory and Ecological Applications with R and JAGS is the
first book on integrated population models, which constitute a powerful framework for …

Ageratina adenophora, Eupatorium odoratum, and Mikania micrantha are three highly
destructive invasive plants of Compositae in China. Through the screening of SDMs, random …

The management of rare species is a conservation priority worldwide, but this task is made
difficult by detection errors in population surveys. Both false positive (misidentification) and …

Ecologists develop species-habitat association (SHA) models to understand where species
occur, why they are there and where else they might be. This knowledge can be used to …

Many important questions about the history and dynamics of organisms have a geographical
component: How many are there, and where do they live? How do they move and interbreed …