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Fit occupancy models

Introduction to spOccupancy

Learn how to get started with the core spOccupancy functionality

Formatting data for use in spOccupancy

Learn how to format raw data to fit occupancy models in spOccupancy

Joint species distribution models with imperfect detection in spOccupancy

Learn how to account for species correlations within multi-species occupancy models

Multi-season occupancy models for assessing species trends and spatio-temporal occurrence patterns (PDF)
Multi-season occupancy models for assessing species trends and spatio-temporal occurrence patterns

Learn how to fit multi-season occupancy models in spOccupancy

Fitting occupancy models with random intercepts in spOccupancy

Learn how to include random effects in spOccupancy

Spatially varying coefficient models in spOccupancy

Learn how to fit spatially varying coefficient models to quantify spatially varying trends and species-environment relationships

Integrated multi-species occupancy models in spOccupancy

Learn how to fit multi-species occupancy models with multiple data sources

Exploring model identifiability with a stress-testing framework

Learn how to investigate identifiability in spOccupancy

Guidelines and considerations

Practical guidelines and considerations when fitting SVC occupancy models

Comments on interpretation and reliability of inferences from SVC occupancy models

Convergence diagnostics and other considerations when fitting spatial occupancy models

Ideas related to convergence, identifiability, priors, and other potential problem areas in spatial occupancy models