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Modelling Distributions of Asian and African Rice Based on MaxEnt

Sustainability, 2023
Rice landraces, including Asian rice (Oryza sativa L.) and African rice (Oryza glaberrima Steud.), provide important genetic resources for rice breeding to address challenges related to food security. Due to climate change and farm destruction, rice landraces require urgent conservation action.
Lin, Yunan, Wang, Hao, Chen, Yanqing, Tan, Jiarui, Hong, Jingpeng, Yan, Shen, Cao, Yongsheng, Fang, Wei   +7 more
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More pumas (Puma concolor) does not change perceptions: The mismatched response of ranchers to the presence of a top carnivore

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Human‐wildlife conflicts (HWCs) are one of the most critical conservation challenges worldwide. Large carnivores are frequently at the centre of these conflicts because of the perceived and real threats they pose to livestock and human safety.
Esperanza C. Iranzo, Omar Ohrens, Cristina Mata, Juan Traba, Pablo Acebes, Benito A. González, Fernando R. Tortato, Rafael Hoogesteijn, Dania Goic, L. Mark Elbroch, Juan E. Malo   +10 more
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Task Transfer by Preference-Based Cost Learning

, 2019
The goal of task transfer in reinforcement learning is migrating the action policy of an agent to the target task from the source task. Given their successes on robotic action planning, current methods mostly rely on two requirements: exactly-relevant ...
Huang, Wenbing, Jing, Mingxuan, Liu, Huaping, Ma, Xiaojian, Sun, Fuchun   +4 more
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Simple MaxEnt models explain food web degree distributions [PDF]

Theoretical Ecology, 2009
Degree distributions are widely used to characterize networks, including food webs, and play a vital role in models of food web structure. To date, there have been no mechanistic or statistical explanations for the form of food web degree distributions. Here, I introduce models for food web degree distributions based on the principle of maximum entropy
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Justice in coexistence: Pastoralism and large carnivores on the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The conflict between livestock husbandry and large carnivore conservation presents significant challenges in grassland ecosystems worldwide. Achieving sustainable coexistence among herders, livestock and large carnivores requires reconciling diverse perspectives and interests through equitable, inclusive and fair processes that address both ...
Yufang Gao, Yue Yu
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Environmental Limitations and Interspecific Interactions Across the Distribution Range of Gerbils

Ecology and Evolution
To elucidate the environmental adaptability and interspecific relationships of gerbil species, we analyzed the distribution data of seven species using the Maximum Entropy model (MaxEnt) and Joint Species Distribution Models (JSDMs) in relation to ...
Jiuqi Zhao, Rong Zhang, Yiqiang Dong, Mengyue Wang, Wenshan Chen, Die Chen, Suwen Yang   +6 more
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Geological disaster risk assessment based on ecological niche model: A case study of Longhui County, Shaoyang City

Shuiwen dizhi gongcheng dizhi
Geological disaster risk assessment is crucial for the prevention and control of geological disasters. This study focuses on the significant number of geological disasters induced by urbanization construction in Longhui County, aiming to propose ...
Yun ZHANG, Feng ZI, Jiehua GUO, Yunjiang CAO, Jiuling DUAN, Zhigang GUO, Long TANG   +6 more
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Chinese High Resolution Satellite Data and GIS-Based Assessment of Landslide Susceptibility along Highway G30 in Guozigou Valley Using Logistic Regression and MaxEnt Model

Remote Sensing, 2022
Landslide disasters frequently occur along the highway G30 in the Guozigou Valley, the corridor of energy, material, economic and cultural exchange, etc., between Yili and other cities of China and Central Asia. However, little attention has been paid to
Ying Liu, Liangjun Zhao, Anming Bao, Junli Li, Xiaobing Yan   +4 more
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Entropy evaluation sheds light on ecosystem complexity

, 2018
Preserving biodiversity and ecosystem stability is a challenge that can be pursued through modern statistical mechanics modeling. Here we introduce a variational maximum entropy-based algorithm to evaluate the entropy in a minimal ecosystem on a lattice ...
Miotto, Mattia, Monacelli, Lorenzo
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Bayesian Method of Moments (BMOM) Analysis of Mean and Regression Models [PDF]

, 1995
A Bayesian method of moments/instrumental variable (BMOM/IV) approach is developed and applied in the analysis of the important mean and multiple regression models.
Zellner, Arnold
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