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Effects of selective harvest on antler size of white‐tailed deer in Texas, USA

Wildlife Monographs, EarlyView.
We conducted 20 years of experiments on the selective harvest of white‐tailed deer by antler size, judged inferior, in 2 areas of South Texas, USA. Selective harvest increased the phenotypic antler size of older males in one study area but not the other. There was little evidence of evolution resulting from selective harvesting. Abstract There has been
Don A. Draeger, Charles A. DeYoung, Masahiro Ohnishi, David Navarro, Randy W. DeYoung, Bronson K. Strickland, David B. Wester, Alan T. Cain, David G. Hewitt   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shallow seismicity in the area of Greece: its character as seen by means of a stochastic model [PDF]

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 1995
Occurrence of successive earthquake events in space is analysed by means of semi-stochastic processes. The analysis employs earthquakes events with M > 5.2 from the area of Greece and its surroundings (18-31° E, 34-43° N) for the time interval 1911-1985.
L. C. Polimenakos
doaj  

Feathers and flu: identifying data gaps in avian influenza host dynamics to prioritize wildlife conservation Plumas y gripe: identificación de datos faltantes en la dinámica de hospedadores de la influenza aviar para priorizar la conservación de la vida silvestre

Wildlife Monographs, EarlyView.
We describe the host response continuum for highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAIV), including the continuum of host responses to HPAIV infection and exposure based on the primary axis of host competence, ability to infect other hosts, and host vulnerability.
Johanna A. Harvey, Matthew Gonnerman, Shenglai Yin, Cody M. Kent, Joshua Cullen, Jeffery D. Sullivan, Jonathan B. Dain, Nichola J. Hill, Diann J. Prosser, Jennifer M. Mullinax   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leveraging Semi-Markov Models to Identify Anomalies of Activities of Daily Living in Smart Homes Processes

Algorithms
Stochastic Process Mining, in particular, Markov processes, is used to represent uncertainty and variability in Activities of Daily Living (ADLs). However, the Markov models inherently assume that the time spent in each state must follow an exponential ...
Eman Shaikh, Sally McClean, Zeeshan Tariq, Bryan Scotney, Nazeeruddin Mohammad   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nested Selves: Self‐Organization and Shared Markov Blankets in Prenatal Development in Humans

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract The immune system is a central component of organismic function in humans. This paper addresses self‐organization of biological systems in relation to—and nested within—other biological systems in pregnancy. Pregnancy constitutes a fundamental state for human embodiment and a key step in the evolution and conservation of our species. While not
Anna Ciaunica, Michael Levin, Fernando E. Rosas, Karl Friston   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digging into dirt: Rewilding with threatened mammals shapes soil‐emerging insect assemblages

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
By comparing insect communities across treatments at two time points, we show that reintroduced digging mammals shape soil‐emerging insect assemblages. This provides empirical evidence that restoring ecosystem engineers may drive broader community‐level change in semi‐arid ecosystems. Abstract Digging mammals function as ecosystem engineers by altering
Lucy G. Johanson, Peter Contos, Romina Rader, Heloise Gibb   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

ON SEMI-MARKOV PROCESSES [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1964
openaire   +3 more sources

Riding out the storm: Behavioural responses of a large herbivore to high‐Arctic winds

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Using 11 years of GPS data from 61 muskoxen in Northeast Greenland, we show how increasing wind speed and Arctic storms reshape movement modes and habitat selection. Muskoxen respond by bedding in dense vegetation, prioritizing energy conservation over foraging, revealing a simple behavioural strategy with potential fitness consequences under ...
Floris M. van Beest, Lars H. Hansen, Niels M. Schmidt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using semi-Markov processes to study timeliness and tests used in the diagnostic evaluation of suspected breast cancer. [PDF]

Stat Med, 2016
Hubbard RA, Lange J, Zhang Y, Salim BA, Stroud JR, Inoue LY.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The effect of nearby listings on house sale prices in Sydney: A spatio‐temporal regularization approach

Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We estimate the price impact of very nearby concurrently listed properties in the Sydney housing market and assess their competition effects. We apply a hedonic model with spatiotemporal effects regularized via a graph Laplacian prior at the month‐by‐SA2 regional level to seven SA4 subregions of metropolitan Sydney. The model structure enables
Willem P. Sijp, Mengheng Li
wiley   +1 more source