BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene. [PDF]
, 2018 MotivationThe BioTIME database contains raw data on species identities and abundances in ecological assemblages through time. These data enable users to calculate temporal trends in biodiversity within and amongst assemblages using a broad range of ...
Adam, Dušan +100 more
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Geospatial Health, 2016 Self-reporting is a well-established approach within the medical and psychological sciences. In order to avoid recall bias, i.e. past events being remembered inaccurately, the reports can be filled out on a smartphone in real-time and in the natural ...
Tobias Törnros +7 more
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A Historical-Trajectories-Based Map Matching Algorithm for Container Positioning and Tracking
Sensors, 2022 Positioning and tracking of containers is becoming an urgent demand of container transportation. Map matching algorithms have been widely applied to correct positioning errors.
Wenfeng Li, Wenwen Zhang, Cong Gao
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P1-S4.08 Population size estimates for men who have sex with men in Guatemala City using time location sampling and respondent driven sampling [PDF]
Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2011 BackgroundMen who have sex with men (MSM) are highly vulnerable to HIV infection, but this population can be particularly difficult to reach in Central America due to stigma and violence. Knowing the size of populations at high risk for HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI) is critical for informing prevention, care, and treatment programs ...
G Paz-Bailey +7 more
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Reducing representativeness and sampling errors in radio occultation–radiosonde comparisons [PDF]
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2018 Radio occultation (RO) and radiosonde (RS) comparisons provide a means of analyzing errors associated with both observational systems. Since RO and RS observations are not taken at the exact same time or location, temporal and spatial sampling errors ...
S. Gilpin +3 more
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Heterogeneity of Microbial Communities in Soils From the Antarctic Peninsula Region
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Ice-free areas represent less than 1% of the Antarctic surface. However, climate change models predict a significant increase in temperatures in the coming decades, triggering a relevant reduction of the ice-covered surface.
Pablo Almela +2 more
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Modelling potential movement in constrained travel environments using rough space-time prisms [PDF]
, 2011 The widespread adoption of location-aware technologies (LATs) has afforded analysts new opportunities for efficiently collecting trajectory data of moving individuals.
Delafontaine, Matthias +2 more
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Asia-Pacific Lightning Location Network (APLLN) and Preliminary Performance Assessment
Remote Sensing, 2020 The Asia-Pacific Lightning Location Network (APLLN) is a lightning location system consisting of a series of very low-frequency signal detection sites. Since 2018, 16 detection sites have been deployed with an average baseline longer than 1000 km.
Jiaquan Wang +8 more
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Gut microbiota of migrating wild rabbit fish (Siganus guttatus) larvae have low spatial and temporal variability [PDF]
, 2019 We investigated the gut microbiota of rabbit fish larvae at three locations in Vietnam (ThuanAn-northern, QuangNam-intermediate, BinhDinh-southern sampling site) over a three-year period. In the wild, the first food for rabbit fish larvae remains unknown,
Boon, Nico +9 more
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PLoS ONE, 2014 BackgroundBehavioural surveillance and research among gay and other men who have sex with men (GMSM) commonly relies on non-random recruitment approaches. Methodological challenges limit their ability to accurately represent the population of adult GMSM.
Iryna B Zablotska +7 more
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