Conceptualizing and quantifying body condition using structural equation modelling: A user guide

Conceptualizing and quantifying body condition using structural equation modelling: A user guide

(2021) Magali Frauendorf et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Using simulation studies to evaluate statistical methods

(2019) Tim P. Morris et al.   STATISTICS IN MEDICINE

Winter corticosterone and body condition predict breeding investment in a nonmigratory bird

(2019) Chloé Montreuil-Spencer et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Unravelling the relationships between life history, behaviour and condition under the pace-of-life syndromes hypothesis using long-term data from a wild bird

(2018) Mónika Jablonszky et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

A host-parasite model explains variation in liana infestation among co-occurring tree species

(2018) Marco D. Visser et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Common condition indices are no more effective than body mass for estimating fat stores in insectivorous bats

(2018) Liam P McGuire et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Corticosterone levels reflect variation in metabolic rate, independent of ‘stress’

(2018) Blanca Jimeno et al.   Scientific Reports

Functional relations between body mass and risk-taking behavior in wild great tits

(2018) Maria Moiron et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Characterizing morphological (co)variation using structural equation models: Body size, allometric relationships and evolvability in a house sparrow metapopulation

(2018) Yimen G. Araya-Ajoy et al.   EVOLUTION

Effects of developmental conditions on glucocorticoid concentrations in adulthood depend on sex and foraging conditions

(2017) Blanca Jimeno et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Programming With Models: Writing Statistical Algorithms for General Model Structures With NIMBLE

(2017) Perry de Valpine et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL AND GRAPHICAL STATISTICS

Strong association between corticosterone levels and temperature-dependent metabolic rate in individual zebra finches

(2017) Blanca Jimeno et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Identifying drivers of breeding success in a long-distance migrant using structural equation modelling

(2017) Guillaume Souchay et al.   OIKOS

Integrative modelling reveals mechanisms linking productivity and plant species richness

(2016) James B. Grace et al.   NATURE

Sex and migratory strategy influence corticosterone levels in winter-grown feathers, with positive breeding effects in a migratory pelagic seabird

(2016) Cristóbal Pérez et al.   OECOLOGIA

Disentangling evolutionary, plastic and demographic processes underlying trait dynamics: a review of four frameworks

(2016) Koen J. van Benthem et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Causality between abundance and diversity is weak for wintering migratory waterbirds

(2015) Lei Guan et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Moving beyond body condition indices as an estimate of fitness in ecological and evolutionary studies

(2015) Shawn M. Wilder et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

piecewiseSEM: Piecewise structural equation modelling inr for ecology, evolution, and systematics

(2015) Jonathan S. Lefcheck   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

lavaan: AnRPackage for Structural Equation Modeling

(2015) Yves Rosseel   Journal of Statistical Software

Body Condition Indices Predict Reproductive Success but Not Survival in a Sedentary, Tropical Bird

(2015) Olga Milenkaya et al.   PLoS One

Beyond BMI: The “Metabolically healthy obese” phenotype & its association with clinical/subclinical cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality -- a systematic review

(2014) Lara L Roberson et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Survival of the fattest? Indices of body condition do not predict viability in the brown anole (Anolis sagrei)

(2014) Robert M. Cox et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Obligate herbivory in an ancestrally carnivorous lineage: the giant panda and bamboo from the perspective of nutritional geometry

(2014) Yonggang Nie et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Age-related variation in reproductive traits in the wandering albatross: evidence for terminal improvement following senescence

(2013) Hannah Froy et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Stress, Behaviour and Immunity in Wild-Caught Wintering Great Tits (Parus major)

(2013) Indrikis Krams et al.   ETHOLOGY

Corticosterone and stable isotopes in feathers predict egg size in Atlantic PuffinsFratercula arctica

(2013) Amy-Lee Kouwenberg et al.   IBIS

Temporal variation of juvenile survival in a long-lived species: the role of parasites and body condition

(2013) Guillaume Souchay et al.   OECOLOGIA

Can Body Condition and Somatic Indices be Used to Evaluate Metal-Induced Stress in Wild Small Mammals?

(2013) Nicolas Tête et al.   PLoS One

Characterizing behavioural 'characters': an evolutionary framework

(2013) Y. G. Araya-Ajoy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Aggressive females become aggressive males in a sex-changing reef fish

(2012) Dennis Sprenger et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Baseline corticosterone is positively related to juvenile survival in a migrant passerine bird

(2012) James W. Rivers et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Climate change, phenology, and habitat degradation: drivers of gosling body condition and juvenile survival in lesser snow geese

(2012) Lise M. Aubry et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Effects of climate warming on polar bears: a review of the evidence

(2012) Ian Stirling et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Test of a Body Condition Index with Amphibians

(2012) James G. MacCracken et al.   JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY

Macronutrient intake affects reproduction of a predatory insect

(2012) Katherine L. Barry et al.   OIKOS

What Does Carotenoid-Dependent Coloration Tell? Plasma Carotenoid Level Signals Immunocompetence and Oxidative Stress State in Birds–A Meta-Analysis

(2012) Mirre J. P. Simons et al.   PLoS One

Oystercatchers' Bill Shapes as a Proxy for Diet Specialization: More Differentiation than Meets the Eye

(2011) Martijn van de Pol et al.   ARDEA

Stable isotopes reveal strategic allocation of resources during juvenile development in a cryptic and threatened seabird, the Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)

(2011) Michael H. Janssen et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Testing hypotheses in evolutionary ecology with imperfect detection: capture–recapture structural equation modeling

(2011) Sarah Cubaynes et al.   ECOLOGY

Body size and the division of niche space: food and predation differentially shape the distribution of Serengeti grazers

(2011) J. Grant C. Hopcraft et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Hormone levels predict individual differences in reproductive success in a passerine bird

(2011) J. Q. Ouyang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Hormonal correlates of individual quality in a long-lived bird: a test of the 'corticosterone-fitness hypothesis'

(2010) F. Angelier et al.   Biology Letters

Predicting performance for ecological restoration: a case study using Spartina alterniflora

(2010) Steven E. Travis et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

On the specification of structural equation models for ecological systems

(2010) James B. Grace et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Bias Formulas for Sensitivity Analysis of Unmeasured Confounding for General Outcomes, Treatments, and Confounders

(2010) Tyler J. VanderWeele et al.   EPIDEMIOLOGY

Are the best dispersers the best colonizers? Seed mass, dispersal and establishment in Carduus thistles

(2010) Olav Skarpaas et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

The paradigm of body condition: a critical reappraisal of current methods based on mass and length

(2010) Jordi Peig et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

A method for exploring the structure of behavioural syndromes to allow formal comparison within and between data sets

(2009) Niels J. Dingemanse et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Variation of adult Great Tit Parus major body condition and blood parameters in relation to sex, age, year and season

(2009) A. C. Norte et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

The sensitive hare: sublethal effects of predator stress on reproduction in snowshoe hares

(2009) Michael J. Sheriff et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Invited review: Body condition score and its association with dairy cow productivity, health, and welfare

(2009) J.R. Roche et al.   JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE

New perspectives for estimating body condition from mass/length data: the scaled mass index as an alternative method

(2009) Jordi Peig et al.   OIKOS

What is individual quality? An evolutionary perspective

(2009) Alastair J. Wilson et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Corticosterone levels of tufted puffins vary with breeding stage, body condition index, and reproductive performance

(2008) Cory T. Williams et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Sex, diet and feeding method-related differences in body condition in the Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus

(2008) SARAH E.A. LE V. DIT DURELL et al.   IBIS