Identifying the differences in habitat use for sympatric species is important for understanding the species preferences and the limits of population distribution. We studied the differences in the habitat use of two ...

Modeling spatial and spatio-temporal data is a challenging task in statistics. In many applications, the observed data can be modeled using Gaussian, skew-Gaussian or even restricted random field models. However, in several ...

Information on resource selection by a species is essential for understanding the species’ ecology, distribution and requirements for survival. Research on habitat selection frequently relies on animal detection at point ...

The problem of constructing a design matrix of full rank for generalized linear mixed-effects models (GLMMs) has not been addressed in statistical literature in the context of clinical trials of treatment sequences. Solving ...

Spatial confounding is the name given to the confounding between fixed and spatial random effects in generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs). It has been widely studied and it gained attention in the past years in the ...

In order to identify the best tools for stock assessment studies using fish parasites as biological indicators, different host traits (size, mass and age and their interaction with sex) were evaluated as descriptors of ...

Host-generalist pathogens sporadically infect naïve hosts, potentially triggering epizootics. The frog killing-fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), which is linked to amphibian declines globally, is described as a ...

Triatoma brasiliensis e Triatoma pseudomaculata são vetores do Trypanosoma cruzi, agente da doença de Chagas, na Caatinga do nordeste do Brasil. Na natureza, essas espécies ocupam diferentes ecótopos e exploram diferentes ...

The fine-scale effects of fire and the consequences for seed survival are poorly understood, especially in the Cerrado (Brazilian savannas). Thus, we investigated whether vegetation gaps (bare soil patches) influence the ...