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Mark loss can strongly bias estimates of demographic rates in multi-state models: a case study with simulated and empirical datasets
<p>This archive contains the empirical data analysed in the paper 'Mark loss can strongly bias estimates of demographic rates in multi-state models: a case study with simulated and empirical datasets' by Touzalin et al. (https://doi.org/10.24072/pci.ecology.100416). The dataset is provided as a .Rdata file ('TLoss_GMdata.Rdata'), and full description of the content is provided in the file 'Readme_TLdata.csv'. All additional details are available in the main text (https://doi.org/10.24072/pci.ecology.100416) or in the supporting information (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10204538).</p>
Figs 2-5 in Accessing camera trap survey feasibility for estimating Blastocerus dichotomus (Cetartiodactyla, Cervidae) demographic parameters
Figs 2-5. Individual discrimination of marsh deer males (Blastocerus dichotomus Illiger, 1815) using antler morphology: a spike-antlered male (2) and two different branched antlers (3 and 4). The arrows indicate the different horn tips. Marsh deer female accompanied by a fawn (5).
Fig. 1 in Accessing camera trap survey feasibility for estimating Blastocerus dichotomus (Cetartiodactyla, Cervidae) demographic parameters
Fig. 1. Map outlining the aerial and camera trap surveys conducted at the Jataí Ecological Station, state of SÃo Paulo, Brazil in order to obtain marsh deer demographic parameters.
Demographic data of US Counties Estimation 2019
<p>US government demographic data for all US counties estimated in 2019 including state, county, region, area land, area water, coordinates, birth rate, death rate, immigrants, </p>
Data from: Revised age estimates for Northern Resident killer whales (Orcinus orca) based on observed life-history events and demographic discounting
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Estimating demographic parameters for bearded seals, Erignathus barbatus, in Alaska using close-kin mark-recapture methods
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Data from: Are skyline plot-based demographic estimates overly dependent on smoothing prior assumptions?
<p>In Bayesian phylogenetics, the coalescent process provides an informative framework for inferring changes in the effective size of a population from a phylogeny (or tree) of sequences sampled from that population. Popular coalescent inference approaches such as the Bayesian Skyline Plot, Skyride and Skygrid all model these population size changes with a discontinuous, piecewise-constant function but then apply a smoothing prior to ensure that their posterior population size estimates transition gradually with time. These prior distributions implicitly encode extra population size information that is not available from the observed coalescent data i.e. the tree. Here we present a novel statistic, Ω, to quantify and disaggregate the relative contributions of the coalescent data and prior assumptions to the resulting posterior estimate precision. Our statistic also measures the additional mutual information introduced by such priors. Using Ω we show that, because it is surprisingly easy to over-parametrise piecewise-constant population models, common smoothing priors can lead to overconfident and potentially misleading inference, even under robust experimental designs. We propose Ω as a useful tool for detecting when posterior estimate precision is overly reliant on prior choices.</p>
Data from: Estimating synchronous demographic changes across populations using hABC and its application for a herpetological community from northeastern Brazil
Many studies propose that Quaternary climatic cycles contracted and /or expanded the ranges of species and biomes. Strong expansion-contraction dynamics of biomes presume concerted demographic changes of associated fauna. The analysis of temporal concordance of demographic changes can be used to test the influence of Quaternary climate on diversification processes. Hierarchical approximate Bayesian computation (hABC) is a powerful and flexible approach that models genetic data from multiple species, and can be used to estimate the temporal concordance of demographic processes. Using available single-locus data we can now perform large-scale analyses, both in terms of number of species and geographic scope. Here we first compared the power of four alternative hABC models for a collection of single-locus data. We found that the model incorporating an a priori hypothesis about the timing of simultaneous demographic change had the best performance. Secondly, we applied the hABC models to a dataset of 7 squamate and 4 amphibian species occurring in the Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests (Caatinga) in Northeastern Brazil, which, according to paleoclimatic evidence, experienced an increase in aridity during the Pleistocene. If this increase was important for the diversification of associated xeric-adapted species, simultaneous population expansions should be evident at the community level. We found a strong signal of synchronous population expansion in the Late Pleistocene, supporting the expansion of the Caatinga during this time. This expansion likely enhanced the formation of communities adapted to high aridity and seasonality and caused regional extirpation of taxa adapted to wet forest.
Data from: A hierarchical population model for the estimation of latent prey abundance and demographic rates of a nomadic predator
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Data from: Are skyline plot-based demographic estimates overly dependent on smoothing prior assumptions?
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Data from: Estimating synchronous demographic changes across populations using hABC and its application for a herpetological community from northeastern Brazil
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Data from: Supplementing human observation with artificial intelligence impacts demographic estimates for a Critically Endangered lizard.
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Data for fitting spatial capture-recapture (SCR) models to estimate spatially explicit demographics of Mojave desert tortoises on a demography plot in California, USA
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Data from: The complex effects of demographic history on the estimation of substitution rate: concatenated gene analysis results in no more than twofold overestimation
Our recent estimation of the divergence time and isolation of Death Valley pupfishes, including the iconic Devil's Hole pupfish (DHP), rewrote widespread assumptions about this group. These species were previously assumed to be relic populations isolated over millions of years; our genomic analyses indicated recent colonization of Devil's Hole within the past 105–830 years and frequent gene flow among Death Valley populations [1]. These results understandably attracted substantial attention given the iconic battle for conservation and intense management of DHP [2]; nonetheless, a young age for this species should not diminish its conservation value. Indeed, we argue that the unique natural history of this species makes it a prime candidate for exhibiting one of the fastest mutation rates observed in any vertebrate [3].
Data from: Estimating relatedness and inbreeding using molecular markers and pedigrees: the effect of demographic history
Estimates of inbreeding and relatedness are commonly calculated using molecular markers, although the accuracy of such estimates has been questioned. As a further complication, in many situations, such estimates are required in populations with reduced genetic diversity, which is likely to affect their accuracy. We investigated the correlation between microsatellite- and pedigree-based coefficients of inbreeding and relatedness in laboratory populations of Drosophila melanogaster that had passed through bottlenecks to manipulate their genetic diversity. We also used simulations to predict expected correlations between marker- and pedigree-based estimates and to investigate the influence of linkage between loci and null alleles. Our empirical data showed lower correlations between marker- and pedigree-based estimates in our control (nonbottleneck) population than were predicted by our simulations or those found in similar studies. Correlations were weaker in bottleneck populations, confirming that extreme reductions in diversity can compromise the ability of molecular estimates to detect recent inbreeding events. However, this result was highly dependent on the strength of the bottleneck and we did not observe or predict any reduction in correlations in our population that went through a relatively severe bottleneck of N = 10 for one generation. Our results are therefore encouraging, as molecular estimates appeared robust to quite severe reductions in genetic diversity. It should also be remembered that pedigree-based estimates may not capture realized identity-by-decent and that marker-based estimates may actually be more useful in certain situations.
Estimated values of boreal caribou demographic rates (R, S, lambda) generated from SpaDES landscape simulations in the Northwest Territories
<p>Most research on boreal populations of Woodland caribou (<em>Rangifer tarandus caribou</em>) has been conducted in areas of high anthropogenic disturbance. However, a large portion of the species' range overlaps relatively pristine areas primarily disturbed by natural disturbances, such as wildfire. Climate-driven habitat change is a key concern for the conservation of boreal-dependent species, where management decisions have yet to consider knowledge from multiple ecological domains integrated into a cohesive and spatially explicit forecast of species-specific habitat and demography. We used a novel ecological forecasting framework to provide climate-sensitive projections of habitat and demography for five boreal caribou monitoring areas within the Northwest Territories (NWT), Canada, over 90 years. Importantly, we quantify uncertainty around forecasted mean values. Our results suggest habitat suitability may increase in central and southwest regions of the NWT's Taiga Plains ecozone but decrease in southern and northwestern regions driven by conversion of coniferous to deciduous forests. We do not project boreal caribou population growth rates to change despite forecasted changes to habitat suitability. Our results emphasize the importance of efforts to protect and restore northern boreal caribou habitat despite climate uncertainty while highlighting expected spatial variations that are important considerations for local people who rely on them. An ability to reproduce previous work, and critical thought when incorporating sources of uncertainty, will be important to refine forecasts, derive management decisions, and improve conservation efficacy for northern species at risk.</p>
Assessing Demographic Biases in Deep Learning Model for Fetal Growth Estimation in Clinical Practice. Patients Eligible for Inclusion Are Women with a Gestational Age Between 24-42 Weeks Undergoing a
ClinicalTrials.gov study NCT06314178. IPD Sharing: UNDECIDED. Countries: 1. Publications: 1.
Data from: Estimating relatedness and inbreeding using molecular markers and pedigrees: the effect of demographic history
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Data from: Accurately estimating correlations between demographic parameters: A comment on Deane et al. (2023)
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Data from: Estimating demographic contributions to effective population size in an age-structured wild population experiencing environmental and demographic stochasticity
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