Functions and Data for the Book 'Applied Hierarchical Modeling in Ecology' Vols 1 and 2 R package AHMbook version 0.2.12 Provides functions to simulate data sets from hierarchical ecological models, including all the simulations described in the two volume publication 'Applied Hierarchical Modeling in Ecology: Analysis of distribution, abundance and species richness in R and BUGS' by Marc Kéry and Andy Royle: volume 1 (2016, ISBN: 978-0-12-801378-6) and volume 2 (2021, ISBN: 978-0-12-809585-0), <https://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/pubanalysis/keryroylebook/>. It also has all the utility functions and data sets needed to replicate the analyses shown in the books. Software Depends: R (>= 2.10) Imports: grDevices, graphics, methods, stats, utils, unmarked (>= 0.12.2), mvtnorm Suggests: coda, fields, raster, sp, spdep Ken Kellner <contact@kenkellner.com> Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) Marc Kéry [aut], Andy Royle [aut], Mike Meredith [aut], Ken Kellner [ctb, cre] (simIDS), Urs Breitenmoser [dtc] (EurasianLynx), Richard Chandler [ctb], Bob Dorazio [ctb], Evan Grant [dtc] (duskySalamanders), John-Andren Henden [dtc] (Finnmark), Roland Kays [dtc] (MesoCarnivores), David King [dtc] (cswa), Xavier Lambin [dtc] (waterVoles), Jeremy Mizel [ctb, dtc] (treeSparrow), Anja Molinari-Jobin [dtc] (EurasianLynx), René-Jean Monneret [dtc] (FrenchPeregrines), Arielle Parsons [dtc] (MesoCarnivores), René Ruffinoni [dtc] (FrenchPeregrines), Michael Schaub [ctb], Rahel Solmann [ctb], Nicolas Strebel [dtc], Chris Sutherland [ctb, dtc] (waterVoles), Mathias Tobler [ctb], Gesa von Hirschheydt [ctb] (simOccCat), Fridolin Zimmermann [dtc] (EurasianLynx), Aargau Biodiversity Monitoring Program (LANAG) [dtc] (SwissMarbledWhite), British Ornithological Trust [dtc] (willowWarbler, UKmarbledWhite, <https://www.bto.org/>), Butterfly Conservation [dtc, cph] (UKmarbledWhite, <https://butterfly-conservation.org>), Centre for Ecology & Hydrology [dtc, cph] (UKmarbledWhite, <https://www.ceh.ac.uk>), Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology (Sovon) [dtc] (wagtail, <https://www.sovon.nl>), eMammal [dtc] (MesoCarnivores, <https://emammal.si.edu/>), Groupe Pèlerin Jura [dtc] (FrenchPeregrines), Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study [dtc] (HubbardBrook, <http://data.hubbardbrook.org/data/dataset.php?id=178>), Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) [dtc, cph] (UKmarbledWhite, <https://jncc.gov.uk/>), North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences [dtc] (mesoCarnivores), North Carolina State University [dtc] (mesoCarnivores), Progetto Lince Italia [dtc] (EurasianLynx, <https://www.progettolinceitalia.it>), Swiss Federal Statistical Office [dtc, cph] (BerneseOberland, <http://www.bfs.admin.ch>), Swiss Foundation KORA Carnivore Ecology and Wildlife Management (SCALP project) [dtc] (EurasianLynx, <https://www.kora.ch>), Swiss Ornithological Institute [dtc] (<https://www.vogelwarte.ch>), UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS) [dtc, cph] (UKmarbledWhite, <https://www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/projects/uk-butterfly-monitoring-scheme>) GPL (>= 3) 2026-04-15 application/tgz https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=AHMbook doi:10.32614/CRAN.package.AHMbook en-US