Detection probability

[Laura D'Acunto]

Hi all,

One of my sample sites has a much higher detection probability than my
other sampling areas, which causes my Maxent model to wrongly
associate landscape variables from this one site to the species. Is
there a way within Maxent to adjust the model to account for these
differences in detection probabilities?

Thanks,
Laura

[John B]

I think that the issue you describe is effectively the same as that faced when we use occurrence datasets that include sites/environments that are more frequently sampled than others (i.e. spatial and/or environmental sampling bias).

You could use a bias grid to generate a background sample with similar bias (or else supply your own, similarly biased background sample), which I believe should cancel the bias out.