A toolbox for statistical modelling of data from insect studies

• Grant number: 14/03310-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: May 01, 2014
• End date: December 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Plant Health
• Principal Investigator: Clarice Garcia Borges Demétrio
• Grantee: Rafael de Andrade Moral
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 14/12903-8 - A toolbox for entomological data modelling, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

Data from insect studies may present different features. Univariate responses may be analyzed using generalized linear models (continuous and discrete data), survival models (time until event data), mixed effects models (longitudinal data), among other methods. These models may be used to analyze experiments which assess complex ecological processes, such as competition. In that sense, computational tools are useful for researchers on several fields, e.g., insect biology and physiology, applied ecology and biological control. This project aims to develop a statistical toolbox to analyze data from insect studies. These methods will be implemented as a package for statistical software R, so that they are available for researchers worldwide for free.

Scientific publications

(5)

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

GALINDO, LUCIANE A.; MORAL, RAFAEL A.; MORETTI, THIAGO C.; GODOY, WESLEY A. C.; DEMETRIO, CLARICE G. B.. Intraguild predation influences oviposition behavior of blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Parasitology Research, v. 115, n. 5, p. 2097-2102, MAY 2016. (12/02027-0, 14/03310-3)

MORAL, RAFAEL A.; HINDE, JOHN; DEMETRIO, CLARICE G. B.. Bivariate Residual Plots With Simulation Polygons. JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL AND GRAPHICAL STATISTICS, SEP 2019. (14/03310-3)

SILVEIRA RABELO, FLAVIO HENRIQUE; MORAL, RAFAEL DE ANDRADE; LAVRES, JOSE. Integrating Biochemical, Morpho-physiological, Nutritional, and Productive Responses to Cd Accumulation in Massai Grass Employed in Phytoremediation. WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION, v. 230, n. 5, MAY 2019. (15/21562-2, 14/18735-0, 14/16731-7, 14/03310-3)

MORAL, RAFAEL A.; HINDE, JOHN; DEMETRIO, CLARICE G. B.. Bivariate Residual Plots With Simulation Polygons. JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL AND GRAPHICAL STATISTICS, v. 29, n. 1, p. 12-pg., 2019-09-03. (14/03310-3)

GALINDO, LUCIANE A.; MORAL, RAFAEL A.; MORETTI, THIAGO C.; GODOY, WESLEY A. C.; DEMETRIO, CLARICE G. B.. Intraguild predation influences oviposition behavior of blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Parasitology Research, v. 115, n. 5, p. 6-pg., 2016-05-01. (12/02027-0, 14/03310-3)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

MORAL, Rafael de Andrade. Statistical modelling of data from insect studies. 2017. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) Piracicaba.