Search Results - "Zuur, Alain F."

Association of social vulnerability factors with power outage burden in Washington state: 2018-2021 by Richards, Claire A, Amiri, Solmaz, Walden, Von P, Postma, Julie, Heidari Kapourchali, Mohammad, Zuur, Alain F

“…Major power outages have risen over the last two decades, largely due to more extreme weather conditions. However, there is a lack of knowledge on the…”
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Impacts of an indigenous settlement on the taxonomic and functional structure of dung beetle communities in the Venezuelan Amazon by Choo, Juanita, Gill, Bruce D., Zuur, Alain F., Zent, Eglee, Economo, Evan P.

“…In the last 50 years, traditionally nomadic indigenous communities in Amazonia have increasingly adopted more sedentary lifestyles as a result of external…”
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Resource quantity affects benthic microbial community structure and growth efficiency in a temperate intertidal mudflat by Mayor, Daniel J, Thornton, Barry, Zuur, Alain F

“…Estuaries cover <1% of marine habitats, but the carbon dioxide (CO(2)) effluxes from these net heterotrophic systems contribute significantly to the global…”
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A protocol for conducting and presenting results of regression‐type analyses by Zuur, Alain F., Ieno, Elena N., Freckleton, Robert

“…Summary Scientific investigation is of value only insofar as relevant results are obtained and communicated, a task that requires organizing, evaluating,…”
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Environmental, behavioral, and design-related factors affect accuracy and precision of beluga abundance estimates from aerial surveys by Lesage, Véronique, Wing, Sara, Zuur, Alain F., Gosselin, Jean-François, Tinker, M. Tim, Mosnier, Arnaud, St-Pierre, Anne P., Michaud, Robert, Berteaux, Dominique

“…Abundance estimation of wildlife populations is frequently derived from systematic survey data. Accuracy and precision of estimates, however, depend on the…”
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review of cephalopod-environment interactions in European Seas by Pierce, Graham J, Valavanis, Vasilis D, Guerra, Angel, Jereb, Patricia, Orsi-Relini, Lydia, Bellido, Jose M, Katara, Isidora, Piatkowski, Uwe, Pereira, João, Balguerias, Eduardo, Sobrino, Ignacio, Lefkaditou, Eugenia, Wang, Jianjun, Santurtun, Marina, Boyle, Peter R, Hastie, Lee C, MacLeod, Colin D, Smith, Jennifer M, Viana, Mafalda, González, Angel F, Zuur, Alain F

“…Cephalopods are highly sensitive to environmental conditions and changes at a range of spatial and temporal scales. Relationships documented between cephalopod…”
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Absorption efficiencies and basal turnover of C, N and fatty acids in a marine Calanoid copepod by Mayor, Daniel J., Cook, Kathryn, Thornton, Barry, Walsham, Pamela, Witte, Ursula F. M., Zuur, Alain F., Anderson, Thomas R.

“…1. Marine copepods of the genus Calanus can reproduce prior to the spring bloom in the absence of sufficient food. Their starvation physiology, and hence the…”
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A protocol for data exploration to avoid common statistical problems by Zuur, Alain F., Ieno, Elena N., Elphick, Chris S.

“…Summary 1. While teaching statistics to ecologists, the lead authors of this paper have noticed common statistical problems. If a random sample of their work…”
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Climate as a driver of population variability in breeding Gentoo Penguins Pygoscelis papua at the Falkland Islands by BAYLIS, ALASTAIR M. M, ZUUR, ALAIN F, BRICKLE, PAUL, PISTORIUS, PIERRE A

“…Detecting and predicting how populations respond to environmental variability are eminent challenges in conservation research and management. This is…”
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Long-term population trends of endangered Hawaiian waterbirds by Reed, J. Michael, Elphick, Chris S., Ieno, Elena N., Zuur, Alain F.

“…We analyzed long-term winter survey data (1956–2007) for three endangered waterbirds endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, the Hawaiian moorhen ( Gallinula…”
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Bayesian data analysis in ecology using linear models with R, BUGS and Stan by Zuur, Alain F.

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Habitat utilization by Blainville's beaked whales off Great Abaco northern Bahamas, in relation to seabed topography by MACLEOD, Colin D, ZUUR, Alain F

“…We investigated habitat utilization in Blainville's beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostris, in the northern Bahamas and, as such, this is the first analysis of…”
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Distribution patterns of ichthyoplankton communities in different ecosystems of the Northeast Atlantic by DRANSFELD, LEONIE, DWANE, OONAGH, ZUUR, ALAIN F.

“…Results are presented of an extensive ichthyoplankton survey that covered the continental slope, the offshore banks and oceanic regions west of Ireland…”
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Using generalized additive (mixed) models to analyze single case designs by Shadish, William R., Zuur, Alain F., Sullivan, Kristynn J.

“…This article shows how to apply generalized additive models and generalized additive mixed models to single-case design data. These models excel at detecting…”
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Spatial dependency in abundance of Queen conch, Aliger gigas, in the Caribbean, indicates the importance of surveying deep-water distributions by Boman, Erik M., de Graaf, Martin, Kough, Andrew S., Izioka-Kuramae, Ayumi, Zuur, Alain F., Smaal, Aad, Nagelkerke, Leo

“…Aim To evaluate how the spatial distribution of a heavily exploited marine gastropod (i.e. Queen conch) varies in response to a number of known biotic and…”
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Modelling of essential fish habitat based on remote sensing, spatial analysis and GIS by Valavanis, Vasilis D, Pierce, Graham J, Zuur, Alain F, Palialexis, Andreas, Saveliev, Anatoly, Katara, Isidora, Wang, Jianjun

“…We review the variety of existing modelling approaches applied to species habitat mapping and we discuss issues arising from the availability and nature of…”
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Seedbank dynamics after masting in mulga (Acacia aptaneura): Implications for post-fire regeneration by Wright, Boyd R., Zuur, Alain F.

“…Members of the arid Australian mulga (Acacia aneura) complex are fire-sensitive shrubs that produce mast seed crops after exceptionally high rainfall years…”
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Regime shifts in marine ecosystems of the North Sea and Wadden Sea by Weijerman, Mariska, Lindeboom, Han, Zuur, Alain F.

“…Wide-scale and sudden shifts in several biological and environmental systems of NW Europe have been reported in recent years, and attributed to a range of…”
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Changes over 50 years in fish fauna of a temperate coastal sea: Degradation of trophic structure and nursery function by van der Veer, Henk W., Dapper, Rob, Henderson, Peter A., Jung, A. Sarina, Philippart, Catharina J.M., Witte, Johannes IJ, Zuur, Alain F.

“…The ongoing daily sampling programme of the fish fauna in the Dutch Wadden Sea using fixed gear was analysed for the years 1960–2011. Spring sampling caught…”
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Resource quality affects carbon cycling in deep-sea sediments by Mayor, Daniel J, Thornton, Barry, Hay, Steve, Zuur, Alain F, Nicol, Graeme W, McWilliam, Jenna M, Witte, Ursula F M

“…Deep-sea sediments cover ∼70% of Earth's surface and represent the largest interface between the biological and geological cycles of carbon. Diatoms and…”
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