SPOM review: Broadening applications of stochastic patch occupancy models over three decades

Aim: Stochastic patch occupancy models (SPOMs) are a type of spatial population simulation. They are arguably well suited to guide conservation in human-altered landscapes, but their appropriateness for a wide range of species and landscape types has often been questioned. Here, we provide an overview of how SPOM research has expanded over the last three decades and discuss the untapped potential for these models to inform current conservation strategies.
Location: Worldwide
Methods: We carried out a systematic review of studies that have fitted SPOMs to real species and landscapes. We assessed temporal trends in SPOMs’ use in conservation and management studies, their taxonomic and geographic coverage, and the attributes of studied landscapes. We quantitatively and qualitatively evaluated whether the authors’ modelling choices reflected the perceived advantages and disadvantages of SPOMs.
Results: The proportion of SPOMs used to answer conservation questions has increase..., We performed a systematic search within the Web of Science (WoS; https://www.webofscience.com). We carried out a combined search of the terms ‘Stochastic patch occupancy model’ with other terms relevant to the SPOM literature (Table 1), retrieving 2,757  publications. After reviewing the title, abstract, and keywords, we discarded all publications that: a) were not related to landscape ecology literature, b) used other types of landscape models (e.g., individual-based, agent-based, connectivity models, etc.), or c) were not empirical (i.e., were entirely theoretical), reducing the sample to 607papers. Next, we screened the full text of these papers and added 6 publications referenced within that were not found through the WoS search. Of these 613 applied articles, we excluded papers in which: a) virtual species or landscapes were used, b) landscapes were subject to experimental design, c) spatial analyses were grid-based (as opposed to patch-based), e) species detectability data we..., , # SPOM review: Broadening applications of stochastic patch occupancy models over three decades

Database and statistical analyses for the review article \"Broadening applications of stochastic patch occupancy models over three decades\".

In the database:

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SB - Publications found through 'snowball' search are not through keyword search

Code: R version used to run analyses: R 4.0

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**Review_SPOMs_analyses_2023.R** — Descriptive and statistical analyses performed:

* Species Numeralia (line 29)
* Species IUCN status (line 58)
* H1. Conservation and management studies have increased with time (line 87)
* H2. a. Taxonomic diversity has increased with time (line 111)
* H2. b. There is a taxonomic bias towards insects (line 153)
* H3. a. Biome diversity has increased with time (line 162)
* H3. b. There is a bias towards temperate biom...,