Inferring fine scale wild species distribution from spatially aggregated data

In spatial ecology, huge amount of aggregated and non-aggregated spatial data offer possibilities to map wild species distribution. However, this requires to properly handle the difference in spatial resolution between the different data sources. Such issue is often referred as the change of support (COS) problem. In this paper, we develop a hierarchical approach that allows (1) to handle COS for a mixture of zero-inflated positive continuous data and (2) to combine fine scale data and aggregated data. We assess the framework through simulations and apply it on real data for the common sole of the Bay of Biscay.

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spatial statistics, change of support, integrated hierarchical model, species distribution model, fisheries data.

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Alglave Baptiste, Kristensen Kasper, Rivot Etienne, Woillez Mathieu, Vermard Youen, Etienne Marie-Pierre (2023). Inferring fine scale wild species distribution from spatially aggregated data. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics). INPRESS. https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00821/93249/

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