Bayesian joint models with INLA exploring marine mobile predator–prey and competitor species habitat overlap

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Sadykova, Dinara, Scott, Beth E., De Dominicis, Michela, Wakelin, Sarah L., Sadykov, Alexander, Wolf, Judith
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
• Subjects: Original Research; Laplace; Black-legged Kittiwake; common guillemot; harbor seal
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5528225/; https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3081

Understanding spatial physical habitat selection driven by competition and/or predator–prey interactions of mobile marine species is a fundamental goal of spatial ecology. However, spatial counts or density data for highly mobile animals often (1) include excess zeros, (2) have spatial correlation,...