Jacob B. Socolar

The paper introduces an R package called flocker for flexible occupancy modeling using brms and Stan, allowing for complex effects structures in ecological data analysis.

The paper shows that rates of sympatry, not diversification, dominate geographic richness gradients in birds, with high-diversity sites having more recently diverged sympatric species.

This study reveals substantial biodiversity loss in Amazonian smallholder agriculture, overlooked by previous studies due to limited scope and focus on upland habitats and birds.