Testing for niche segregation between two abundant carnivores using presence-only data

Low detectability of small nocturnal carnivores and biases associated to different census methods hamper the interpretation and reliability of the results of censuses and habitat studies of many cryptic and elusive species, especially because of false-negatives and/or lack of negatives. In order to overcome this problem, methodologies based on the use of presence-only data have been used to predic…