Characterizing species co‐occurrence patterns of imperfectly detected stream fishes to inform species reintroduction efforts

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 1392-1403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl A. Lamothe ◽  
Alan J. Dextrase ◽  
D. Andrew R. Drake
Keyword(s):  
Stream Fishes ◽  
Species Reintroduction ◽  
Occurrence Patterns

Assessing the effects of multiple land uses on the functional beta diversity of stream fishes in the Amazon region

Hydrobiologia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lidia Brasil Seabra ◽  
Naraiana Loureiro Benone ◽  
Luciano Fogaça de Assis Montag
Keyword(s):  
Beta Diversity ◽  
Amazon Region ◽  
Stream Fishes ◽  
Land Uses

scholarly journals Minimizing Potential Allee Effects in Psittacine Reintroductions: An Example from Puerto Rico

Diversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Thomas H. White ◽  
Wilfredo Abreu ◽  
Gabriel Benitez ◽  
Arelis Jhonson ◽  
Marisel Lopez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Site Fidelity ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Allee Effects ◽  
Species Reintroduction ◽  
Social Species ◽  
Potential Applicability ◽  
Amazona Vittata ◽  
Puerto Rican Parrot ◽  
Release Strategy

The family Psittacidae is comprised of over 400 species, an ever-increasing number of which are considered threatened with extinction. In recent decades, conservation strategies for these species have increasingly employed reintroduction as a technique for reestablishing populations in previously extirpated areas. Because most Psittacines are highly social and flocking species, reintroduction efforts may face the numerical and methodological challenge of overcoming initial Allee effects during the critical establishment phase of the reintroduction. These Allee effects can result from failures to achieve adequate site fidelity, survival and flock cohesion of released individuals, thus jeopardizing the success of the reintroduction. Over the past 20 years, efforts to reestablish and augment populations of the critically endangered Puerto Rican parrot (Amazona vittata) have periodically faced the challenge of apparent Allee effects. These challenges have been mitigated via a novel release strategy designed to promote site fidelity, flock cohesion and rapid reproduction of released parrots. Efforts to date have resulted in not only the reestablishment of an additional wild population in Puerto Rico, but also the reestablishment of the species in the El Yunque National Forest following its extirpation there by the Category 5 hurricane Maria in 2017. This promising release strategy has potential applicability in reintroductions of other psittacines and highly social species in general.

scholarly journals Global earthworm distribution and activity windows based on soil hydromechanical constraints

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siul A. Ruiz ◽  
Samuel Bickel ◽  
Dani Or
Keyword(s):  
Soil Structure ◽  
Mechanistic Model ◽  
Biophysical Model ◽  
Ecosystem Functions ◽  
Soil Conditions ◽  
Agricultural Systems ◽  
Occurrence Patterns ◽  
Additional Constraints ◽  
Earthworm Activity ◽  
Good Agreement

AbstractEarthworm activity modifies soil structure and promotes important hydrological ecosystem functions for agricultural systems. Earthworms use their flexible hydroskeleton to burrow and expand biopores. Hence, their activity is constrained by soil hydromechanical conditions that permit deformation at earthworm’s maximal hydroskeletal pressure (≈200kPa). A mechanistic biophysical model is developed here to link the biomechanical limits of earthworm burrowing with soil moisture and texture to predict soil conditions that permit bioturbation across biomes. We include additional constraints that exclude earthworm activity such as freezing temperatures, low soil pH, and high sand content to develop the first predictive global map of earthworm habitats in good agreement with observed earthworm occurrence patterns. Earthworm activity is strongly constrained by seasonal dynamics that vary across latitudes largely due to soil hydromechanical status. The mechanistic model delineates the potential for earthworm migration via connectivity of hospitable sites and highlights regions sensitive to climate.

scholarly journals A Time-Series Data Generation Method to Predict Remaining Useful Life

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 1115
Author(s):  
Gilseung Ahn ◽  
Hyungseok Yun ◽  
Sun Hur ◽  
Si-Yeong Lim
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Time Series Data ◽  
Remaining Useful Life ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Generation Model ◽  
Data Generation ◽  
Training Time ◽  
Symbolic Aggregate Approximation ◽  
Useful Life ◽  
Occurrence Patterns

Accurate predictions of remaining useful life (RUL) of equipment using machine learning (ML) or deep learning (DL) models that collect data until the equipment fails are crucial for maintenance scheduling. Because the data are unavailable until the equipment fails, collecting sufficient data to train a model without overfitting can be challenging. Here, we propose a method of generating time-series data for RUL models to resolve the problems posed by insufficient data. The proposed method converts every training time series into a sequence of alphabetical strings by symbolic aggregate approximation and identifies occurrence patterns in the converted sequences. The method then generates a new sequence and inversely transforms it to a new time series. Experiments with various RUL prediction datasets and ML/DL models verified that the proposed data-generation model can help avoid overfitting in RUL prediction model.

Occurrence, patterns, and sources of hazardous organic chemicals in edible insects and insect-based food from the Japanese market

2021 ◽  
pp. 112311
Author(s):  
Giulia Poma ◽  
Yukiko Fujii ◽  
Siebe Lievens ◽  
Jasper Bombeke ◽  
Beibei Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Chemicals ◽  
Edible Insects ◽  
Japanese Market ◽  
Occurrence Patterns

Using occupancy models to assess the effectiveness of underwater cameras to detect rare stream fishes

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 565-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rowshyra A. Castañeda ◽  
Olaf L.F. Weyl ◽  
Nicholas E. Mandrak
Keyword(s):  
Stream Fishes ◽  
Occupancy Models ◽  
Underwater Cameras
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