Examples of site-occupancy models and associated hypotheses about ecotope infestation by Triatoma b. brasiliensis.

*All models had a ‘p(v1)’ sampling-process (detection) structure (see main text).•Each specific “hypothesis” can be interpreted as the conclusion that would be drawn if the associated model were unequivocally better supported by the data than any alternative model; particular interpretations would of course need to take estimates of effect size, and their sign and precision, into account.†The last part of this statement, “(after adjusting for same-dwelling ecotope infestation)”, applies to all models in which the SDEc covariate appears along with further covariates.Covariates: SDEc, Same-Dwelling Ecotope infestation; H, House; M, All_Mineral; NR, Native_Rodent; GS, Goat/Sheep; F, Fowl; CP, Cattle/Pig; DC, Dog/Cat (see main text for definitions and values).