ESA Online Journals - Simultaneous modeling of habitat suitability, occupancy, and relative abundance: African elephants in Zimbabwe

ESA Online Journals - Simultaneous modeling of habitat suitability, occupancy, and relative abundance: African elephants in Zimbabwe: "The recent development of statistical models such as dynamic site occupancy models provides the opportunity to address fairly complex management and conservation problems with relatively simple models. However, surprisingly few empirical studies have simultaneously modeled habitat suitability and occupancy status of organisms over large landscapes for management purposes. Joint modeling of these components is particularly important in the context of management of wild populations, as it provides a more coherent framework to investigate the population dynamics of organisms in space and time for the application of management decision tools."