🚨 So "How many sites do I need"? The answer = it depends on inference objective! We provide recommended minimum sample sizes for different contexts based on our simulation outputs here ⬇️ P.s. all our code is freely available on OSF, so have a play around!

Take home 3: Adding covariates to the model also upped the sample sizes needed to estimate interaction terms without bias 💻🌲

Take home 1: Under the simplest model structure, we needed around 200 sites to detect and estimate strong interactions without bias. These requirements increased when (1) detection probability was lower and (2) species interactions were weaker

We did an extensive simulation study to show how well the Rota et al multispecies occupancy model estimates interaction terms under different detection probabilities, interaction strengths, interaction directions (positive/negative) and model structures, from 20 to ~3000 sites

I'll be talking at the @pintofscience.uk festival in St Andrews on May 19! Come along to learn about how AI works, how it's revolutionising ecology and what it's costing the earth 🌍 pintofscience.co.uk/event/ale-go...