Chris Broeckhoven

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Where to find predator:prey mass data (for terrestrial carnivores)?

I'm looking for datasets (or databases) in which the body mass of predator and prey are presented. I'm specifically interested in terrestrial predators (snakes, mammals, birds). An example of is...

17 June 2020 2,681 9 View

Where to find life history information of snakes?

I would like to obtain information on the habitat use (terrestrial, arboreal, etc) and activity patterns (nocturnal, diurnal, etc) of all snake species. Does such a dataset already exist...

03 June 2020 4,155 12 View

How to calculate the overlap between animal distributions (Shape or .shp file)?

I would like to calculate the overlap between the distributions of two sets of data (predator & prey). The prey set has got about 250 species, the predator set approximately 5000. For each...

22 May 2020 6,886 3 View

Can bone resorption occur without osteoclast activity?

I'm looking into the process of calcium resorption in osteoderms (i.e., bony elements embedded in the dermal layer of various vertebrates). I was wondering if there are any other mechanisms in...

11 June 2019 2,322 4 View

How to extract bioclimatic variables from shape (shp) files?

I would like to extract a number of bioclimatic variables (mainly from the Worldclim database) from the distribution ranges of several animal species. These distribution ranges are presented as...

19 December 2018 8,026 4 View

What is the relationship between absorption capacity and temperature of silica gel?

I'm trying to obtain equal absorption rates of silica gel along a temperature gradient (20 - 40 °C) by adjusting the weight of the silica granules. Is there any literature on the relationship...

09 August 2018 2,462 2 View

What are the main differences between K-nearest Neighbors and Distance-based Neighbors?

I am looking into Spatial Neighbors to address autocorrelation in my dataset, but I find it difficult to find arguments as to which method to prefer. I am using the R package "spdep" and functions...

20 October 2017 5,256 3 View

How to calculate "population average" genetic distance?

I have gene sequences (ND2, mtDNA) for 59 samples belonging to 6 populations. I would like to find out if there is a program that can easily calculate the genetic distance between the populations....

23 February 2017 6,489 4 View

Is there any recent literature/data on the effects of radiation dose in reptiles?

I am looking for recent information (literature, data, preliminary experiments) on the effects of radiation dose in reptiles. Any information on lethal dose (LD), and symptoms of radiation...

26 June 2016 1,412 5 View