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Título: | Modeling occupancy of hosts by mistletoe seeds after accounting for imperfect detectability |
Autor: | Fadini, Rodrigo F. Cintra, Renato |
Palavras-chave: | Cashew Nut Controlled Study Disease Transmission Host Host Occupancy Loranthaceae Metapopulation Nonhuman Organismal Interaction Plant Parasitic Plant Disease Seed Plant Psittacanthus Plagiophyllus Species Identification Taxonomic Identification Tree Anacardium Biological Model Host Parasite Interaction Mistletoe Parasitology Physiology Seed Plant Population Dynamics Anacardium Occidentale Psittacanthus Anacardium Host-parasite Interactions Mistletoe Models, Biological Population Dynamics Seeds Trees |
Data do documento: | 2015 |
Revista: | PLoS ONE |
É parte de: | Volume 10, Número 5 |
Abstract: | The detection of an organism in a given site is widely used as a state variable in many metapopulation and epidemiological studies. However, failure to detect the species does not necessarily mean that it is absent. Assessing detectability is important for occupancy (presence - absence) surveys; and identifying the factors reducing detectability may help improve survey precision and efficiency. A method was used to estimate the occupancy status of host trees colonized by mistletoe seeds of Psittacanthus plagiophyllus as a function of host covariates: host size and presence of mistletoe infections on the same or on the nearest neighboring host (the cashew tree Anacardium occidentale). The technique also evaluated the effect of taking detectability into account for estimating host occupancy by mistletoe seeds. Individual host trees were surveyed for presence of mistletoe seeds with the aid of two or three observers to estimate detectability and occupancy. Detectability was, on average, 17% higher in focal-host trees with infected neighbors, while decreased about 23 to 50% from smallest to largest hosts. The presence of mistletoe plants in the sample tree had negligible effect on detectability. Failure to detect hosts as occupied decreased occupancy by 2.5% on average, with maximum of 10% for large and isolated hosts. The method presented in this study has potential for use with metapopulation studies of mistletoes, especially those focusing on the seed stage, but also as improvement of accuracy in occupancy models estimates often used for metapopulation dynamics of tree-dwelling plants in general. © 2015 Fadini, Cintra. |
DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0127004 |
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