A toolbox for entomological data modelling

• Grant number: 14/12903-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: January 10, 2016
• End date: January 09, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Plant Health
• Principal Investigator: Clarice Garcia Borges Demétrio
• Grantee: Rafael de Andrade Moral
• Supervisor: John Hinde
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI Galway), Ireland
• Associated to the scholarship: 14/03310-3 - A toolbox for statistical modelling of data from insect studies, BP.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. (AU)

Scientific publications

(6)

(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)

MORAL, RAFAEL DE ANDRADE; BORGES DEMETRIO, CLARICE GARCIA; HINDE, JOHN; CONDE GODOY, WESLEY AUGUSTO; FERNANDES, FRANCISCO SALES. Parasitism-mediated prey selectivity in laboratory conditions and implications for biological control. BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY, v. 19, p. 67-75, MAR 2017. (11/15253-6, 14/12903-8)

MORAL, RAFAEL A.; HINDE, JOHN; DEMETRIO, CLARICE G. B.. Half-Normal Plots and Overdispersed Models in R: The hnp Package. JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL SOFTWARE, v. 81, n. 10, p. 1-23, NOV 2017. (11/15253-6, 14/12903-8)

MORAL, R. A.; HINDE, J.; ORTEGA, E. M. M.; DEMETRIO, C. G. B.; GODOY, W. A. C.. Location-scale mixed models and goodness-of-fit assessment applied to insect ecology. Journal of Applied Statistics, NOV 2019. (14/12903-8)

MORAL, RAFAEL A.; HINDE, JOHN; DEMETRIO, CLARICE G. B.; REIGADA, CAROLINA; GODOY, WESLEY A. C.. Models for Jointly Estimating Abundances of Two Unmarked Site-Associated Species Subject to Imperfect Detection. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS, v. 23, n. 1, p. 20-38, MAR 2018. (14/12903-8)

REIGADA, CAROLINA; MORAL, RAFAEL DE ANDRADE; BORGES DEMETRIO, CLARICE GARCIA; POSTALI PARRA, JOSE ROBERTO. Cross-crop effects on larval growth, survivorship and fecundity of Helicoverpa armigera. JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE, v. 91, n. 1, p. 121-131, JAN 2018. (14/16609-7, 14/12903-8)

MORAL, R. A.; HINDE, J.; ORTEGA, E. M. M.; DEMETRIO, C. G. B.; GODOY, W. A. C.. Location-scale mixed models and goodness-of-fit assessment applied to insect ecology. Journal of Applied Statistics, v. 47, n. 10, p. 18-pg., 2019-11-20. (14/12903-8)