PLoS ONEplosplosonePLOS ONE1932-6203Public Library of ScienceSan Francisco, CA USA10.1371/journal.pone.0212346PONE-D-19-03211CorrectionCorrection: A comment on priors for Bayesian occupancy modelsNorthrupJoseph M.GerberBrian D.8220192019142e02123462019Northrup, GerberThis is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.A comment on priors for Bayesian occupancy models
Our original paper [1] omitts a reference to a non-peer-reviewed preprint [2] that discusses similar issues. The work by Lele [2] illustrates how priors in Bayesian analysis can impact inference in general and provides cautionary advice about the use of non-informative priors in analyses used for wildlife management. Similar to our paper, Lele [2] shows how seemingly non-informative priors can influence inference in occupancy models. Our work [1] builds on this research by further exploring this issue with simulation and an empirical example, describing in plain language the reasons that seemingly non-informative priors can influence inference, and providing potential alternative priors that can be used to provide the inference often desired by researchers.
ReferencesNorthrupJM, GerberBD (2018) A comment on priors for Bayesian occupancy models. 13(2): e0192819. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.019281929481554Lele SR (2015) Is non-informative Bayesian analysis appropriate for wildlife management: survival of San Joaquin Kit Fox and declines in amphibian populations. arxiv.1502.00483