An Evaluation of Ad Hoc Presence-Only Data in Explaining Patterns of Distribution: Cetacean Sightings from Whale-Watching Vessels

• Published in: International Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Louisa K. Higby, Richard Stafford, Chiara G. Bertulli
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: International Journal of Zoology 2012
• Subjects: Faxaflói; Iceland; minke whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/428752

The analysis of presence-only data is a problem in determining species distributions and accurately determining population sizes. The collection of such data is common from unequal or nonrandomised effort surveys, such as those surveys conducted by citizen scientists. However, causative regression-b...