We fit Huisman-Olff-Fresco models to bird occurrence data (assuming non-linear responses) to identify species-specific responses to the gradient, species richness, and turnover patterns.
We extended this model to wild bird populations by estimating the rate of infectious contact with virus (bird-to-bird or environmental contact) using prevalence data from waterfowl surveys.
The mathematical TinT model, applied to birds, is currently in the process of being tested in several mammalian groups.
For a companion paper to be published soon, the authors used another model to estimate likely bird deaths farther than 25 miles offshore, where sooty terns and band-rumped storm petrels, among other species rarely seen from land, could be found.
Origami crane is a very similar model to the flapping bird.
First, we fit autoregressive overdispersed Poisson models to annual bird counts that included an indicator of WNV transmission intensity.
We have parameterized individuals in the model to realistic data of birds (weight, cruise speed, etcetera), especially of starlings, see supplementary material Table S1 and our earlier version of StarDisplay (Hildenbrandt et al. 2010; Hemelrijk and Hildenbrandt 2011).
In the 1970s, Trivers published five major papers linking genetics to behavioral biology with a "selfish gene" model to explain behaviors from bird warning calls to cuckoldry to sibling rivalry to revenge.
Here, we extend our model to include multiple amphibian, bird, and mammal species.
We applied the model to the case of resident birds in landscapes composed of remnant forests and shade coffee agriculture.
