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North American Breeding Bird Survey status and trend estimates to inform a wide range of conservation needs, using a flexible Bayesian hierarchical generalized additive model

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ORNITHOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
卷 123, 期 1, 页码 -

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/ornithapp/duaa065

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Bayesian; Breeding Bird Survey; cross-validation; generalized additive model; population change; status and trend estimates

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  1. Environment and Climate Change Canada

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The study utilized Bayesian hierarchical generalized additive models (GAMs) to analyze data from the North American Breeding Bird Survey, finding that these models have better predictive fit for population status and trends estimation. The models can decompose population trajectories into smooth components and annual fluctuations, enhancing stability assessment and customization possibilities.
The status and trend estimates derived from the North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) are critical sources of information for bird conservation. However, the estimates are partly dependent on the statistical model used. Therefore, multiple models are useful because not all of the varied uses of these estimates (e.g., inferences about long-term change, annual fluctuations, population cycles, and recovery of once-declining populations) are supported equally well by a single statistical model. Here we describe Bayesian hierarchical generalized additive models (GAMs) for the BBS, which share information on the pattern of population change across a species' range. We demonstrate the models and their benefits using data from a selection of species, and we run full cross-validation of the GAMs against 2 other models to compare the predictive fit. The GAMs have a better predictive fit than the standard model for all species studied here and comparable predictive fit to an alternative first difference model. In addition, one version of the GAM described here (GAMYE) estimates a population trajectory that can be decomposed into a smooth component and the annual fluctuations around that smooth component. This decomposition allows trend estimates based only on the smooth component, which are more stable between years and are therefore particularly useful for trend-based status assessments, such as those by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. It also allows for the easy customization of the model to incorporate covariates that influence the smooth component separately from those that influence annual fluctuations (e.g., climate cycles vs. annual precipitation). For these reasons and more, this GAMYE model is a particularly useful model for the BBS-based status and trend estimates.

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