A practical, step-by-step, guide to taxonomic comparisons using Procrustes geometric morphometrics and user-friendly software (part A): introduction and preliminary …

A Cardini - European journal of taxonomy, 2024 - iris.unimore.it
In this second part of the study, using a 'clean'dataset without very low precision landmarks
and outliers, I describe how to compare mandibular size and shape using Procrustes …

Automatic recording of rare behaviors of wild animals using video bio-loggers with on-board light-weight outlier detector

K Tanigaki, R Otsuka, A Li, Y Hatano, Y Wei… - PNAS …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Rare behaviors displayed by wild animals can generate new hypotheses; however,
observing such behaviors may be challenging. While recent technological advancements …

Looking beyond the mean: quantile regression for comparative physiologists

C Hird, KE Barham, CE Franklin - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
Statistical analyses that physiologists use to test hypotheses predominantly centre on
means, but the tail ends of the response distribution can behave quite differently and …

Biological outliers: essential elements to understand the causes and consequences of reductions in maximum photochemical efficiency of PSII in plants

C Julián, S Villadangos, L Jené, O Pasques… - Planta, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Main conclusion By studying Cistus albidus shrubs in their natural habitat, we show
that biological outliers can help us to understand the causes and consequences of …

A new approach to geostatistical synthesis of historical records reveals capuchin spatial responses to climate and demographic change

OT Jacobson, BJ Barrett, SE Perry, GE Finerty… - Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recent proliferation of GPS technology has transformed animal movement research. Yet,
time‐series data from this recent technology rarely span beyond a decade, constraining …

Fantastic beasts and how to study them: rethinking experimental animal behavior

SS Ding, JL Fox, A Gordus, A Joshi… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
Humans have been trying to understand animal behavior at least since recorded history.
Recent rapid development of new technologies has allowed us to make significant progress …

Biological Outliers in Plant Stress Responses: Hormonal Outliers Unmask Specific Resilience Strategies in the Mediterranean Shrub Cistus albidus

C Julián, M Pintó-Marijuan, S Munné-Bosch - Journal of Plant Growth …, 2025 - Springer
Most studies conducted under field conditions commonly contain unusual or deviant
observations because of data variability usually driven by environmental stressors …

A Preliminary Investigation of Prenatal Anxiety Sensitivity and Postpartum Distress

SM Witcraft, MM Perry, AG Viana… - Journal of Midwifery & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Distress during pregnancy and postpartum is common and contributes to poor
infant and maternal outcomes, such as developmental delays and mental health disorders …

Assessing the determinants of larval fish strike rates using computer vision

S Bar, L Levy, S Avidan, R Holzman - Ecological Informatics, 2023 - Elsevier
Measuring behaviors that affect fitness is a critical task in the study of ecology and evolution.
Behaviors such as feeding, fleeing predators, fighting conspecifics and mating are critical to …

Dynamic Linear Models for analysing time series data in coastal environmental monitoring

D Soudant, T Hernández-Fariñas - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Global changes have led to a renewed interest in time series of environmental monitoring. In
France, for example, the French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer) …