Hidden Markov models: Pitfalls and opportunities in ecology

R Glennie, T Adam, V Leos‐Barajas… - Methods in Ecology …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Hidden Markov models (HMMs) and their extensions are attractive methods for
analysing ecological data where noisy, multivariate measurements are made of a hidden …

Daily activity timing in the Anthropocene

NA Gilbert, KA McGinn, LA Nunes, AA Shipley… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023‏ - cell.com
Animals are facing novel 'timescapes' in which the stimuli entraining their daily activity
patterns no longer match historical conditions due to anthropogenic disturbance. However …

Comparison of methods for estimating density and population trends for low-density Asian bears

DJ Morin, J Boulanger, R Bischof, DC Lee… - Global Ecology and …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Populations of bears in Asia are vulnerable to extinction and effective monitoring is critical to
measure and direct conservation efforts. Population abundance (local density) or growth (λ) …

Synthesizing the spatial functionality of contemporary stock assessment software to identify future needs for next generation assessment platforms

AM Berger, C Barceló, DR Goethel, SD Hoyle… - Fisheries …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Marine fishes are heterogeneously distributed across their ranges according to population
dynamics governed by complex spatiotemporal relationships between ontogenetic habitat …

Crabs ride the tide: incoming tides promote foraging of Giant Mud Crab (Scylla serrata)

DE Hewitt, DD Johnson, IM Suthers, MD Taylor - Movement Ecology, 2023‏ - Springer
Background Effective fisheries management of mobile species relies on robust knowledge of
animal behaviour and habitat-use. Indices of behaviour can be useful for interpreting catch …

A review of movement models in open population capture–recapture

MG Efford, MR Schofield - Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Understanding rates of survival and recruitment is critical to population management, and
capture–recapture methods of estimation are widely used. Spatial models allow for a spatial …

Confronting spatial capture–recapture models with realistic animal movement simulations

M Theng, C Milleret, C Bracis, P Cassey, S Delean - Ecology, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Spatial capture–recapture (SCR) models have emerged as a robust method to estimate the
population density of mobile animals. However, model evaluation has generally been based …

Redefining 'state‐of‐the‐art'for integrated population models with immigration

CR Nater - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Research Highlight: Christian, M., Oosthuizen, WC, Bester, MN, & de Bruyn, PN
(2024). Robustly estimating the demographic contribution of immigration: Simulation …

Integrated animal movement and spatial capture–recapture models: Simulation, implementation, and inference

B Gardner, BT McClintock, SJ Converse… - Ecology, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Over the last decade, spatial capture–recapture (SCR) models have become widespread for
estimating demographic parameters in ecological studies. However, the underlying …

A hierarchical modelling framework for estimating individual‐and population‐level reproductive success from movement data

JM Eisaguirre, PJ Williams… - Methods in Ecology …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Rapidly advancing animal telemetry technologies paired with new statistical models can
provide insight into the behaviour of otherwise unobservable free‐living animals. Changes …