Habitat Risk Version 2 Software
The Habitat Risk Version 2 Software, hereafter “Habitat Risk V2”, leverages a previously published Bayesian hierarchical model framework with opportunistic (hunter-harvest) wildlife surveillance disease testing data and publicly available geospatial (raster) data to estimate the geographical risk that a hunter will harvest a white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) that tests positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a small “study area” portion of the state. The three-part R scripts of Habitat Risk V2: 1) prepare the surveillance (testing) and geospatial (raster) data for model inclusion, 2) parameterize and estimate coefficient values for twenty five predetermined candidate model structures (Table 1), 3) select the model structure with the lowest Deviance Information Criterion (DIC) given the data, 4) gather diagnostic plots for the user to verify modeling assumptions have been met, and then 5) display the results of the best model in geographical and tabular context via an interactive user interface (UI). UI capabilities include interactive and downloadable maps of estimated risk (and associated error), a map of disease data overlaid onto spatial covariates, and detailed statistical information about the best model and the model selection process. The three R scripts must be run in sequence, as the data outputs of one become the data inputs of the next. The Habitat Risk V2 requires testing data in the state of interest to 1) contain locations of each deer in exact latitude/longitude coordinates, and 2) contain least one record that is CWD positive for each age/sex segment (adult male, adult female, yearling male, yearling female, fawn male, fawn female). The software will not work on datasets containing all CWD negative deer. We packaged Habitat Risk V2 using examples from Tennessee and New York. This packet does not furnish the real disease testing data necessary to run Habitat Risk V2. The Habitat Risk V2 software is adaptable for use in other areas with positive CWD samples. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the United States Government.
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