Bird population trend analyses for a monitoring scheme with a highly structured sampling design
Mirjam R. Rieger, Christoph Grüneberg, Michael Oberhaus, Sven Trautmann, Madalin Parepa, Nils Anthes
The paper develops a GAMM-based workflow to analyze bird population trends from structured monitoring data, addressing spatial bias, observer variation, and zero-inflation, and validates it against existing methods.
Peer Community Journal · May 5, 2025Peer-reviewedEcology