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Kortlandt A. (1986). The use of tools by wild-living chimpanzees and earliest hominids. J. Hum. Evol.,, 15, 77.
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Liang, K. - Y., & Zeger, S. L. (1986). Longitudinal data analysis using generalized linear models. Biometrika, 73(1), 13–22.
Abstract: This paper proposes an extension of generalized linear models to the analysis of longitudinal data. We introduce a class of estimating equations that give consistent estimates of the regression parameters and of their variance under mild assumptions about the time dependence. The estimating equations are derived without specifying the joint distribution of a subject's observations yet they reduce to the score equations for niultivariate Gaussian outcomes. Asymptotic theory is presented for the general class of estimators. Specific cases in which we assume independence, m-dependence and exchangeable correlation structures from each subject are discussed. Efficiency of the pioposecl estimators in two simple situations is considered. The approach is closely related to quasi-likelihood.
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Lima, S. L. (1986). Predation Risk and Unpredictable Feeding Conditions: Determinants of Body Mass in Birds. Ecology, 67(2), 377–385.
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Mayes, E., & Duncan, P. (1986). Temporal patterns of feeding behaviour in free-ranging horses. Behav., 96, 105–129.
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McDonnell S,. (1986). Reproductive behavior of the stallion Vet Clin North Am. Equine Practice, 2, 535–555.
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Mclain Jl,. (1986). The wild horse controversy. J Equine Vet Sc, 6, 274–275.
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McNaughton, S. J., & Georgiadis, N. J. (1986). Ecology of African Grazing and Browsing Mammals. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 17, 39–66.
Abstract: INTRODUCTION Africa is the earth's second largest continent, comprising 20% of its surface. Largely tropical, Africa extends as well into temperate zones to 37 N and 35 S. Eastern and southern Africa display steep elevation gradients due to the prevalence there of volcanic orogeny and rifting (29). Local landscapes are distinguished by substantial geological heterogeneity, dissected land forms, and resultant steep gradients of precipitation and vegetation. The consequent pronounced fragnientation of habitats and sharp juxtaposition of distinct vegetation types, combined with climatic oscillations in geological time, contributed to major adaptive radiations of the mammalian fauna (102, 120). Early zoological expeditions recorded that habitat fragmentation and wide spatial variation of animal densities and diversities were distinctive features of African ecosystems (92, 138, 162, 226). Those early records provided the bases of natural history information on animal distributions, habitat preferences, feeding habits, and general ecology; scientific research followed only much later (201). Modem scientific study of African savanna-grassland mammals began in the 1950s (23, 24, 107, 108, 148, 149, 197,203, 204, 210,230), long after the distributions and densities of the major game animals had been affected by growing human populations, colonial land and hunting policies, and virulent exotic diseases that affected the animals both directly and indirectly (57). The mammalian fauna has been increasingly isolated and fragmented within game reserves of varying size, habitat diversity, and animal species diversity; the ability to sustain it in the absence of active management is increasingly questioned (112, 187). For species with population sizes greater than 100 individuals, game reserve area (A) and faunal ...
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Meadow Rh, U. H. (1986). Equids in the ancient world. Beihefte z Tübinger Atlas d Vorderen Orients Reihe A, 19/1, P.
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Miller J,. (1986). National forest management of wild horses and burros: Current position and policy. J Equine Vet Sc, 6, 259–260.
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Nelissen, M. H. J. (1986). The effect of tied rank numbers on the linearity of dominance hierarchies. Behav. Process., 12(2), 159–168.
Abstract: The occurence of tied rank numbers in dominance hierarchies is discussed, especially its effect on the linearity of the hierarchy. This linearity is measured with Landau's index, that is calculated for several hierarchies with tied ranks on one, two of three levels. Linearity is mostly affected by ties in small groups with many ties. A distinction is made between a hierarchy of individuals and hierarchical levels. The phenomenon of despotism is called an extreme case of tied ranks. It is proposed to regard hierarchies with a linearity in a continuous scale.
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