如何在步骤选择分析中解释行为状态:模型比较模型
Jennifer Pohle1, Johannes Signer2, Jana A Eccard3
1Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
PeerJ
|March 1, 2024
概括
将隐藏的马尔科夫模型 (HMM) 与集成步骤选择分析 (iSSA) 集成,可以提高对动物行为的理解. 这种方法共同估计行为状态和息地选择,优于标准方法.
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 运动生态学 运动生态学
- 野生动物生物学 野生动物生物学
背景情况:
- 步骤选择模型分析动物移动数据以选择息地.
- 没有观察到的行为状态 (例如,食,休息) 影响息地偏好和移动.
- 标准的步骤选择分析经常忽略这些行为状态,可能会导致结果偏差.
研究的目的:
- 评估结合集成阶段选择分析 (iSSA) 与隐藏的马尔科夫模型 (HMM) 的性能.
- 将HMM-iSSA方法与标准iSSA和基于分类的iSSA进行比较.
- 在步骤选择分析中,量化忽视行为状态的后果.
主要方法:
- 开发并应用了一种隐藏马尔科夫模型集成步骤选择分析 (HMM-iSSA).
- 进行了广泛的模拟研究,以测试模型性能.
- 为了经验性比较,利用了涉及同时跟踪的银行 (Myodes glareolus) 的案例研究.
主要成果:
- HMM-iSSA方法允许对行为状态和状态依赖性息地选择进行联合估计.
- 经验性比较显示HMM-iSSA的表现优于标准和基于分类的iSSA.
- 该研究量化了未观察到状态对息地选择推断的影响.
结论:
- 将HMM与iSSA相结合,为分析国家依赖的息地选择提供了一个强大的框架.
- 在步骤选择模型中忽略行为状态可能导致不准确的结论.
- 在R包HMMiSSA中实现了HMM-iSSA方法,以实现更广泛的可访问性.
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