Deep learning as a tool for ecology and evolution

ML Borowiec, RB Dikow, PB Frandsen… - Methods in Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Deep learning is driving recent advances behind many everyday technologies, including
speech and image recognition, natural language processing and autonomous driving. It is …

Emerging perspectives on resource tracking and animal movement ecology

B Abrahms, EO Aikens, JB Armstrong… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2021 - cell.com
Resource tracking, where animals increase energy gain by moving to track phenological
variation in resources across space, is emerging as a fundamental attribute of animal …

Human impacts on global freshwater fish biodiversity

G Su, M Logez, J Xu, S Tao, S Villéger, S Brosse - Science, 2021 - science.org
Freshwater fish represent one-fourth of the world's vertebrates and provide irreplaceable
goods and services but are increasingly affected by human activities. A new index …

Trading-off fish biodiversity, food security, and hydropower in the Mekong River Basin

G Ziv, E Baran, S Nam… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
The Mekong River Basin, site of the biggest inland fishery in the world, is undergoing
massive hydropower development. Planned dams will block critical fish migration routes …

Heterogeneity within and among co-occurring foundation species increases biodiversity

MS Thomsen, AH Altieri, C Angelini, MJ Bishop… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Habitat heterogeneity is considered a primary causal driver underpinning patterns of
diversity, yet the universal role of heterogeneity in structuring biodiversity is unclear due to a …

Illuminating the “black box”: a randomization approach for understanding variable contributions in artificial neural networks

JD Olden, DA Jackson - Ecological modelling, 2002 - Elsevier
With the growth of statistical modeling in the ecological sciences, researchers are using
more complex methods, such as artificial neural networks (ANNs), to address problems …

Predictions and tests of climate‐based hypotheses of broad‐scale variation in taxonomic richness

DJ Currie, GG Mittelbach, HV Cornell, R Field… - Ecology …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Broad‐scale variation in taxonomic richness is strongly correlated with climate. Many
mechanisms have been hypothesized to explain these patterns; however, testable …

Artificial neural networks as a tool in ecological modelling, an introduction

S Lek, JF Guégan - Ecological modelling, 1999 - Elsevier
Artificial neural networks (ANNs) are non-linear map** structures based on the function of
the human brain. They have been shown to be universal and highly flexible function …

Unexpected fish diversity gradients in the Amazon basin

T Oberdorff, MS Dias, C Jézéquel, JS Albert… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Using the most comprehensive fish occurrence database, we evaluated the importance of
ecological and historical drivers in diversity patterns of subdrainage basins across the …

Machine learning methods without tears: a primer for ecologists

JD Olden, JJ Lawler, NLR Poff - The Quarterly review of …, 2008 - journals.uchicago.edu
Machine learning methods, a family of statistical techniques with origins in the field of
artificial intelligence, are recognized as holding great promise for the advancement of …