How Maxent software helpful in species spatial modelling?

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How long can you freeze DNA in TRIzol ?

Hello everyone ! I was wondering how long one could freeze cell lysate (at -80°C) in TRIzol prior to DNA extraction ?

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How do I determine or select carbon atoms for calculating Area per Lipid?

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Low percent identity between 2 operons 16S-23S. Do you have some references ?

Has anyone ever observed a percent identity of the order of 97% between two operons of the intergenic region 16S-23S rRNA in a same cell ? Do you have some references ?

08 January 2023 7,882 3 View

How to write a biopython script that creates a list of genome accession numbers ?

I would like to get a script written in biopython that creates a list of genome accession numbers for the genus Pseudomonas. But I don't know enough about biopython to achieve this. The goal is to...

28 December 2022 4,424 5 View

How to induce apoptosis in hemocytes from bivalves ?

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01 December 2021 7,139 2 View

Can E. coli One Shot Mach1 T1 still be used if stored at -20°C?

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Does anyone have the estimated Stoke´s radii of FITC Dextrans at hand?

Hi I´m planning on estimating pore size induced by antimicrobial peptides in liposomes by using FITC dextrans. However, I can´t seem to find the estimated Stoke´s radii for FD10S, FD40S, FD70S,...

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How can I build a membrane patch with multiple monomers of a peptide?

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How to get qualitative data from a workshop....without a workshop?

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Is air-filtering equipment, as well as “high temperature generating” equipment, viable for preventing Covid-19?

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06 June 2020 2,677 3 View

How can I prepare virus for a TEM or SEM imaging?

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Handling Missing Data and Building a Predictive Model with Incomplete Information ?

I am developing a predictive model for a water supply network that involves 20 influencing points. However, I only have historical data for 10 out of these 20 points. I would like to know how to...

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Is it possible to use the Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) to additively manufacture interconnected porous structure generation of >100-200 micrometer?

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How to define an anisotropic material with asymmetric elastic compliance/stiffness matrix in ANSYS APDL?

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How can I apply boundary conditions in an orthotropic steel deck numerical model using ABAQUS software?

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What are the key methods and indicators used in assessing the biodiversity of river ecosystems, and how do these methods account for variations ?

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Can you suggest reliable sources defining "3D mesh" and "3D city models"?

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Please explain how the plastic input value should be considered from the true stress-strain curve for the bilinear elastoplastic material model ?

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What are the shear and normal stiffness values of an LLDPE liner in 3D numerical modeling of a stockpile?

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Is it necessary to covary exogenous constructs in a structural model?

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Shivish Bhandari

Phillips, S.J., Anderson, R.P., Schapire, R.E., 2006. Maximum entropy modeling of species geographic distributions. Ecological Modelling 190, 231-259.

Phillips, S.J., Dudík, M., 2008. Modeling of species distributions with Maxent: new extensions and a comprehensive evaluation. Ecography 31, 161-175.

Joseph C. Paquit

It is highly recommended. Pls check this reference, Phillips, S.J., Anderson, R.P., Schapire, R.E., 2006.

Asiel Cabrera Guerrero

I recommend these items :

Townsend Peterson, A., Papeş, M., & Eaton, M. (2007). Transferability and model evaluation in ecological niche modeling: a comparison of GARP and Maxent. Ecography, 30(4), 550-560.

Muscarella, R., Galante, P. J., Soley‐Guardia, M., Boria, R. A., Kass, J. M., Uriarte, M., & Anderson, R. P. (2014). ENMeval: An R package for conducting spatially independent evaluations and estimating optimal model complexity for Maxent ecological niche models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5(11), 1198-1205.

Yackulic, C. B., Chandler, R., Zipkin, E. F., Royle, J. A., Nichols, J. D., Campbell Grant, E. H., & Veran, S. (2013). Presence‐only modelling using MAXENT: when can we trust the inferences?. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 4(3), 236-243.

Renner, I. W., & Warton, D. I. (2013). Equivalence of MAXENT and Poisson point process models for species distribution modeling in ecology. Biometrics, 69(1), 274-281.