Leopard occupancy correlates with tiger and prey occurrences

Large carnivores such as leopards (Panthera pardus) experience continuing
threats from habitat loss and fragmentation, depletion of prey
populations, and retaliatory killing following conflicts with humans. We
aimed to identify factors affecting leopard occupancy and temporal overlap
between leopards and tigers (P. tigris), their major prey, and human
activities in Parsa-Koshi Complex (PKC), Nepal. We deployed 154 cameras
for 21 days each along wildlife trails throughout PKC during December
2022–March 2023. The data consists of weekly detection probability of
leopard in PKC along with variables taken for the study. Variables include
distance to settlement, number of humans detected, number of livestock
detected, presence of tiger, presence of prey, area of water body within a
radius of 500m from each trapping station and area of forest within same
radius. The data is prepared for hierarchical occupancy modeling and can
be analyzed using Just Another Gibbs