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Record W4245104372 · doi:10.22215/etd/2015-10829

Effects of Agricultural Intensity Vary across Anuran Species

2015· dissertation· en· W4245104372 on OpenAlexaffabout
Alex Koumaris

Bibliographic record

Venuenot available
Typedissertation
Languageen
FieldEnvironmental Science
TopicAmphibian and Reptile Biology
Canadian institutionsCarleton University
Fundersnot available
KeywordsHabitatAbundance (ecology)AgricultureEcologyIntensity (physics)Environmental scienceTraffic intensityTadpole (physics)LarvaGeographyBiology

Abstract

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Studies on the effects of agricultural intensity on anurans have found inconsistent results both between and within species, with varying conclusions about what could be driving these effects.One possible explanation for this variation is that agricultural intensity can be correlated with adult habitat amount.Another possible explanation is that differences in tadpole life history or sensitivity to agrochemical toxicity, may cause different responses to agricultural intensity because of its effects on larval habitat quality.We identified 39 ponds in Eastern Ontario, surrounded by a wide variation of row crop cover, where we measured anuran abundances, nitrate concentration, and a suite of local pond variables.We then constructed path analyses for each species to determine the direction and potential causes of effect of agricultural intensity on abundance.We found variable responses to agricultural intensity across anurans.As predicted, much of this variation could be explained by adult habitat amount and larval habitat quality.Overall, our results suggest that agricultural intensity itself is not strongly affecting anurans in our region, but confirm that habitat loss due to agriculture is particularly detrimental for forest species.We suggest that, since the term 'agricultural intensity' is used inconsistently in the literature, it should only refer to effects of increased chemical usage (i.e. for a particular crop type), independent of habitat amount.iii Appendix 11.Path analysis model fit criteria for Appendix 10: path analyses on effects of agricultural intensity on 'maximum recorded anuran abundance'.Several goodness of fit measures were included to assess the overall fit of each model, with boldness indicating a "good fit".Measures included: the X2 "badness of fit" measure (if p < 0.05, the model was a bad fit (Hair et al., 2006)), the comparative fit index (if CFI ≥ 0.90, the model was a good fit (Bentler, 1990)), the Tucker-Lewis index (if TLI > 0.95, the model was a good fit (Bollen, 1989)), and root mean square error (if RMSEA ≤0.07, the model was a good fit (Hu & Bentler, 1999)) ................................

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.011
Threshold uncertainty score0.023

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0020.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.008
GPT teacher head0.240
Teacher spread0.232 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designObservational
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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