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River Barriers and Spatial Constraints: Unveiling the Factors Shaping Species Distribution in the Amazonian Rainforest

open access: yesJournal of Biogeography, Volume 52, Issue 12, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Aim We aimed to quantify the relative contributions of geographic distance, environmental variation, and riverine barriers to shaping species distributions across the Amazon forest. Location Amazon forest, Brazil. Time Period Present. Major Taxa Studied Class Arachnida; Order: Opiliones (harvestmen).
Cristian de Sales Dambros   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Antipoaching standards in onshore hydrocarbon concessions drawn from a Central African case study

open access: yesConservation Biology, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 696-706, June 2017., 2017
Abstract Unsustainable hunting outside protected areas is threatening tropical biodiversity worldwide and requires conservationists to engage increasingly in antipoaching activities. Following the example of ecocertified logging companies, we argue that other extractive industries managing large concessions should engage in antipoaching activities as ...
Hadrien P.A. Vanthomme   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Utilização de um modelo de limiar na estimação da herdabilidade de resistência dos ovinos aos endoparasitos - DOI: 10.4025/actascianimsci.v25i1.2135

open access: yesActa Scientiarum: Animal Sciences, 2008
Foram coletadas informações do número de ovos por grama de fezes (OPG) de 95 ovelhas mestiças, Bergamácia x Corriedale e Hampshire Down x Corriedale, e de 163 cordeiros, filhos dessas fêmeas, com 4 carneiros Texel, entre julho de 1998 e agosto de 2000 ...
Leonardo Martin Nieto   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

PhyBaSE: A Bayesian structural equation model approach to causal inference in phylogenetic comparative analyses

open access: yesMethods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 6, Page 1136-1148, June 2025.
Abstract One of the main limitations of phylogenetic comparative analyses is that associations between traits can only be interpreted as correlations. Here, we present a novel Bayesian structural equation model (PhyBaSE) which allows us to disentangle direct from indirect relationships among variables to propose potential causal hypotheses while ...
Achaz von Hardenberg   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sequential testing of complementary hypotheses about population density

open access: yesMethods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 6, Page 1228-1238, June 2025.
Abstract Making inferences about population density is paramount in ecology and pest management for decision‐makers who often seek to determine how a population compares to a pre‐established static or dynamic threshold through sampling or monitoring. Sequential data analysis is appealing for monitoring and decision making as it is more cost‐efficient ...
Diego F. Rincon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

O uso de procedimentos estatísticos para comparação da produção de ovos considerando diferentes tratamentos e linhagens de codornas

open access: yesSemina: Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, 2012
Para fazer inferências a respeito de uma população, métodos paramétricos são tradicionalmente utilizados para análises de dados amostrais supondo que estes são provenientes de populações normais, fato nem sempre ocorrido. Tal suposição induz muitas vezes
Robson Marcelo Rossi   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modelación espacial bayesiana de la estructura de los hogares y la fecundidad en municipios de México

open access: yesPoblación y Salud en Mesoamérica, 2022
El trabajo busca modelar el efecto de diferentes patrones de composición de hogares sobre los niveles observados de fecundidad en los municipios de México al año 2020, se trata de una investigación de tipo cuantitativo de cohorte transversal basada en ...
Gerardo Núñez Medina
doaj   +1 more source

Game target‐group: Implementing inhomogeneous Poisson point process to estimate animal abundance from harvest data

open access: yesMethods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 1, Page 170-182, January 2025.
Abstract Harvest data have the potential to be used as an abundance index due to its widespread availability and long‐term collection across large geographical areas. However, challenges such as the lack of hunting effort information, varying data resolutions and reporting biases hinder its direct use as an abundance proxy.
Javier Fernández‐López   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modelagem Bayesiana do risco de infecção tuberculosa para estudos com perdas de seguimento Modelaje Bayesiano del riesgo de infección tuberculosa para estudios con pérdidas de seguimiento Bayesian model for the risk of tuberculosis infection for studies with individuals lost to follow-up

open access: yesRevista de Saúde Pública, 2008
OBJETIVO: Desenvolver um modelo estatístico baseado em métodos Bayesianos para estimar o risco de infecção tuberculosa em estudos com perdas de seguimento, comparando-o com um modelo clássico determinístico.
Edson Zangiacomi Martinez   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

An expert‐based system to predict population survival rate from health data

open access: yesConservation Biology, Volume 38, Issue 1, February 2024.
Abstract Timely detection and understanding of causes for population decline are essential for effective wildlife management and conservation. Assessing trends in population size has been the standard approach, but we propose that monitoring population health could prove more effective.
Lori H. Schwacke   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

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