Statistical approaches to account for false-positive errors in environmental DNA samples

Environmental DNA – An emerging tool in conservation for monitoring past and present biodiversity

(2015) Philip Francis Thomsen et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Using eDNA to develop a national citizen science-based monitoring programme for the great crested newt (Triturus cristatus)

(2015) Jeremy Biggs et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Environmental DNA sampling is more sensitive than a traditional survey technique for detecting an aquatic invader

(2015) Adam S. Smart et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Modeling false positive detections in species occurrence data under different study designs

(2015) Thierry Chambert et al.   ECOLOGY

Improving confidence in environmental DNA species detection

(2015) Christopher L. Jerde et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Performance of species occurrence estimators when basic assumptions are not met: a test using field data where true occupancy status is known

(2015) David A. W. Miller et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

unmarked: AnRPackage for Fitting Hierarchical Models of Wildlife Occurrence and Abundance

(2015) Ian Fiske et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Environmental DNA (eDNA) Sampling Improves Occurrence and Detection Estimates of Invasive Burmese Pythons

(2015) Margaret E. Hunter et al.   PLoS One

REVIEW: The detection of aquatic animal species using environmental DNA - a review of eDNA as a survey tool in ecology

(2014) Helen C. Rees et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Replication levels, false presences and the estimation of the presence/absence from eDNA metabarcoding data

(2014) Gentile F. Ficetola et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Fifty thousand years of Arctic vegetation and megafaunal diet

(2014) Eske Willerslev et al.   NATURE

Environmental DNA for wildlife biology and biodiversity monitoring

(2014) Kristine Bohmann et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Long livestock farming history and human landscape shaping revealed by lake sediment DNA

(2014) Charline Giguet-Covex et al.   Nature Communications

Estimating occupancy and abundance of stream amphibians using environmental DNA from filtered water samples

(2013) David S. Pilliod et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Robust Detection of Rare Species Using Environmental DNA: The Importance of Primer Specificity

(2013) Taylor M. Wilcox et al.   PLoS One

Accounting for false positive detection error induced by transient individuals

(2013) C. Sutherland et al.   WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Site occupancy models in the analysis of environmental DNA presence/absence surveys: a case study of an emerging amphibian pathogen

(2013) Benedikt R. Schmidt et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Advances and applications of occupancy models

(2013) Larissa L. Bailey et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Improved detection of an alien invasive species through environmental DNA barcoding: the example of the American bullfrogLithobates catesbeianus

(2012) Tony Dejean et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

DNA from soil mirrors plant taxonomic and growth form diversity

(2012) N. G. YOCCOZ et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Designing studies to detect differences in species occupancy: power analysis under imperfect detection

(2012) Gurutzeta Guillera-Arroita et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Estimating patterns and drivers of infection prevalence and intensity when detection is imperfect and sampling error occurs

(2012) David A. W. Miller et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Improving occupancy estimation when two types of observational error occur: non-detection and species misidentification

(2011) David A. Miller et al.   ECOLOGY

From molecules to management: Adopting DNA-based methods for monitoring biological invasions in aquatic environments

(2011) John A. Darling et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Addressing challenges when studying mobile or episodic species: hierarchical Bayes estimation of occupancy and use

(2011) Rua S. Mordecai et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Site-occupancy modelling as a novel framework for assessing test sensitivity and estimating wildlife disease prevalence from imperfect diagnostic tests

(2011) Shelly Lachish et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Seeking a second opinion: uncertainty in disease ecology

(2010) Brett T. McClintock et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Design of occupancy studies with imperfect detection

(2010) Gurutzeta Guillera-Arroita et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Observer bias and the detection of low-density populations

(2009) Matthew C. Fitzpatrick et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Multi-scale occupancy estimation and modelling using multiple detection methods

(2008) James D. Nichols et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY