iNaturalist observers in PA, USA actually tended to specialize, even within taxonomic groups, and were more likely to re-report species than expected.

And @kristinjbarker.bsky.social !

I'm really grateful for the incredibly hard-working, thoughtful crew of fellow UC Berkeley scientists who worked on this over the last few years, including @kendallcalhoun.bsky.social , @drpheebs.bsky.social, and others not yet on this platform! 3/3

Some highlights. Ecologists love model selection for frequentist estimation methods but not when using MCMC. We are usually analyzing multiple species per paper but use single-species models. And we still love the classic "occupancy model" even considering the variety of extensions available! 2/3