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PRESENCE2.0 (new version!) - Estimates patch occupancy rates and related parameters. This work is in collaboration with Darryl MacKenzie, and is largely funded by the Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI). Contact Darryl if you would like to learn more about this project.

GENPRES - Generates patch occupancy data and analyzes using program MARK.
book cover image MacKenzie, D. I., J. D. Nichols, J. A. Royle, K. H. Pollock, L.L. Bailey, and J. E. Hines. 2005. Occupancy Estimation and Modeling - Inferring Patterns and Dynamics of Species Occurrence. Elsevier Publishing.
ecology image MacKenzie, D. I., J. D. Nichols, G. B. Lachman, S. Droege, J. A. Royle and C. A. Langtimm. 2002. Estimating site occupancy rates when detection probabilities are less than one. Ecology 83(8): 2248-2255
ecology image MacKenzie, D. I., J. D. Nichols, J. E. Hines, M. G. Knutson and A. B. Franklin. 2003. Estimating site occupancy, colonization and local extinction probabilities when a species is detected imperfectly. Ecology 84(8) 2200-2207.
Bailey, L. L., J.D. Nichols and J.E. Hines. (in review). Exploring Sampling Design Trade-Offs In Occupancy Studies With imperfect detection: examples and software.

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