All equal, really? Individual variability in
capture-recapture models from
biological and methodological
perspectives
Olivier Gimenez (Montpellier)
Emmanuelle Cam (Toulouse)
Jean-Michel Gaillard (Lyon)
Process in the wild
 Investigating process in natural populations
 Long-term individual monitoring datasets
 Methodological issues when moving from lab
to natural conditions
Process in the wild
 Investigating process in natural populations
 Long-term individual monitoring datasets
 Methodological issues when moving from lab
to natural conditions
 Issue 1: detectability < 1
 Issue 2: individual heterogeneity (IH)
Issue 2: individual heterogeneity
 Simple capture-recapture models assume
homogeneity
 From a statistical point of view, IH can cause
bias in parameter estimates
See also L. Cordes’ talk: Band reporting rates of waterfowl:
Does individual heterogeneity bias estimated survival rates?
Issue of individual heterogeneity
 Simple CR models assume homogeneity
 From a statistical point of view, IH can cause
bias in parameter estimates
 From a biological point of view, IH is of
interest – individual quality
2010
Accounting for individual heterogeneity
 Biologists rely on empirical measures (mass,
gender, age, experience, etc.)
 Statistician attempt to filter out the signal
from noisy observations?
 Focus shifting from mean to variance?
How to account for IH?
 How to account for IH
 Case study 1: detecting trade-offs
 Case study 2: describing senescence
 Does IH have a genetic basis?
 Case study 3: quantifying heritability
 How to determine the amount of IH?
 Case study 4: non parametric Bayesian approach
 Perspectives
Outline of the talk
Outline of the talk
• How to account for variation in IH
– Case study 1: detecting trade-offs
– Case study 2: describing senescence
• Does IH have a genetic basis?
– Case study 3: quantifying heritability
• How to determine the amount of IH?
– Case study 4: non parametric Bayesian approach
• Perspectives
 Natural selection favors individuals that
maximize their fitness
 Limited energy budget: strategy of
resource allocation
 Trade-off between traits related to
fitness
 IH may mask trade-offs (Van Noordwijk &
de Jong 1986 Am Nat)
Assessing trade-offs in the wild
IH as covariates
 If IH is measurable, then use it!
 Often, continuous individual covariate
changing over time: issue of missing data
 Work by S. Bonner and R. King on how to
handle with continuous covariate
IH as covariates
 If IH is measurable, then use it!
 Often, continuous individual covariate
changing over time: issue of missing data
 Work by S. Bonner and R. King on how to
handle with continuous covariate
 Use states instead of sites in multisite
models (categorical covariate)
 Use breeders / non-breeders states (Nichols et
al. 1994 Ecology)
 State-dependent survival Sstate : reproduction
vs future survival
 State-dependent transitions ij : present vs.
future reproduction
 Numerous applications
Trade-offs and multistate models
Kittiwakes (Cam et al. 1998 Ecology)
B NB S
B 0.79
NB 0.65
0.90 0.10
0.67 0.33
 How to account for IH
 Case study 1: detecting trade-offs
 Case study 2: describing senescence
 Does IH have a genetic basis?
 Case study 3: quantifying heritability
 How to determine the amount of IH?
 Case study 4: non parametric Bayesian approach
 Perspectives
Outline of the talk
Outline of the talk
• How to account for IH
– Case study 1: detecting trade-offs
– Case study 2: describing senescence
• Does IH have a genetic basis?
– Case study 3: quantifying heritability
• How to determine the amount of IH?
– Case study 4: non parametric Bayesian approach
• Perspectives
 « Over time, the observed hazard rate will
approach the hazard rate of the more robust
subcohort » Vaupel and Yashin 1985 Am Stat
 Suggest that analyses conducted at the
population vs. individual level should differ (Cam et
al. 2002 Am Nat)
 What if detection p < 1 ?
Impact of IH on age-varying survival
Finite mixture of individuals
 Use mixture models (Pledger et al. 2003
Biometrics)
 Latent variable for the class to which
an individual belongs (Pradel 2009 EES)
 2 classes of individuals (low vs. high quality)
Probabilities in a mixture model
 Under homogeneity
  is survival
 p is detection
    pp   1101Pr
 Under heterogeneity
  is the probability that the individual belongs
to state L
 L is survival for low quality individuals
 H is survival for high quality individuals
Probabilities in a mixture model
 Under heterogeneity
  is the probability that the individual belongs
to state L
 L is survival for low quality individuals
 H is survival for high quality individuals
        pppp HHLL
  111101Pr
Probabilities in a mixture model
Finite mixture of individuals
 Use mixture models (Pledger et al. 2003)
 A model with a hidden structure, with a
latent variable for the class to which an
individual belong to (HMM; Pradel 2009)
 Mimic examples in Vaupel and Yashin (1985
Am Stat) with p < 1 using simulated data
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
Sub-cohort 1
400 individuals
(the most fragile)
Sub-cohort 2
100 individuals
(the most robust)
Survival
Age
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
Fit at the population level
Sub-cohort 2
100 individuals
(the most robust)
Sub-cohort 1
400 individuals
(the most fragile)
Survival
Age
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
Fit at the individual level
using a 2-class mixture
Fit at the population level
Sub-cohort 1
400 individuals
(the most fragile)
Sub-cohort 2
100 individuals
(the most robust)
Survival
Age
Real case study on Black-headed Gulls
 Not so simple in real life
 Case study on (famous) Black-headed
gulls (J.-D. Lebreton)
 Suspicion of IH
 Zones of unequal accessibility
 Detection strongly depends on birds position
Detection heterogeneity
Detection heterogeneity (1)
zone 1: nests inside
the vegetation
La Ronze pond
Detection heterogeneity (1)
zone 1: nests inside the
vegetation
zone 2: nests on the
edge of vegetation
clusters
La Ronze pond
Results - Péron et al. (2010) Oïkos
• Absence of survival IH
00.20.40.60.81
0 10 20
Age
Survivalprobabilities
• Absence of survival IH
Estimation of survival senescence
Results - Péron et al. (2010) Oïkos
00.20.40.60.81
0 10 20
Age
Survivalprobabilities
• Absence of survival IH
• Presence of detection and
emigration IH
Estimation of survival senescence
Results - Péron et al. (2010) Oïkos
• Absence of survival IH
• Presence of detection and
emigration IH
• If IH ignored on temporary
emigration, then senescence
undetected
Results - Péron et al. (2010) Oïkos
Results - Péron et al. (2010) Oïkos
• Absence of survival IH
• Presence of detection and
emigration IH
• If IH ignored on temporary
emigration, then senescence
undetected
See M. Lindberg’s talk: Individual heterogeneity in black brant survival
and recruitment with implications for harvest dynamics
Continuous mixture of individuals
 What if I have a continuous mixture of
individuals?
 Use individual random-effect models
 CR mixed models (Royle 2008 Biometrics;
Gimenez & Choquet 2010 Ecology)
 Explain individual variation in survival
 No variation – homogeneity
 Random effect – in-between
 Saturated – full heterogeneity
i
Individual random-effect models
 2
,~  Ni

 Explain individual variation in survival
 No variation – homogeneity
 Random effect – in-between
 Saturated – full heterogeneity
i
 2
,~  Ni

Individual random-effect models
 Explain individual variation in survival
 No variation – homogeneity
 Individual random effect – in-between
 Saturated – full heterogeneity
i
 2
,~  Ni

Individual random-effect models
Continuous mixture of individuals
 What if I have a continuous mixture of
individuals?
 Use individual random-effect models (Royle
2008 Biometrics, Gimenez & Choquet 2010 Ecology)
 Mimic examples in Vaupel and Yashin (1985)
with p < 1 using simulated data
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
300 individuals
logit(i(a)) = 1.5 - 0.05 a + ui
ui ~ N(0,=0.5)
Survival
Age
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1 Expected pattern
E(logit(i(a))) = 1.5 - 0.05 aSurvival
Age
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1 Fit at the population level
Survival
Age
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1 Fit at the individual level
with an individual random effectSurvival
Age
Senescence in European dippers
with IH: onset = 1.94
Marzolin et al. (2011) Ecology
Senescence in European dippers
without IH: onset = 2.28
with IH: onset = 1.94
Marzolin et al. (2011) Ecology
Senescence in European dippers
 How to account for IH
 Case study 1: detecting trade-offs
 Case study 2: describing senescence
 Does IH have a genetic basis?
 Case study 3: quantifying heritability
 How to determine the amount of IH?
 Case study 4: non parametric Bayesian approach
 Perspectives
Outline of the talk
Outline of the talk
• How to account for IH
– Case study 1: detecting trade-offs
– Case study 2: describing senescence
• Does IH have a genetic basis?
– Case study 3: quantifying heritability
• How to determine the amount of IH?
– Case study 4: non parametric Bayesian approach
• Perspectives
Heritability in the wild
 Quantitative genetics: joint analysis of a trait
and genealogical relationships
 Increasing used in animal and plant pops
Heritability in the wild
 Quantitative genetics: joint analysis of a trait
and genealogical relationships
 Increasing used in animal and plant pops
 Animal models: mixed models incorporating
genetic, environmental and other factors.
 Heritability: proportion of the phenotypic
var. attributed to additive genetic var.
Heritability in the wild
 Quantitative genetics: joint analysis of a trait
and genealogical relationships
 Increasing used in animal and plant pops
 Animal models: mixed models incorporating
genetic, environmental and other factors.
 Heritability: proportion of the phenotypic
var. attributed to additive genetic var.
 Combination of animal and capture-
recapture models ?
The idea is the air… (Cam 2009 EES)
" [The animal model has] been applied to
estimation of heritability in life history traits,
either in the rare study populations where
detection probability is close to 1, or without
considering the probability of detecting
animals (...) "
The idea is the air… (Cam 2009 EES)
" [The animal model has] been applied to
estimation of heritability in life history traits,
either in the rare study populations where
detection probability is close to 1, or without
considering the probability of detecting
animals (...) "
I think it’s
Emmanuelle
Introducing the threshold model
 Main issue: survival is a discrete process,
but theory well developed for continuous
distributions
 Main issue: survival is a discrete process,
but theory well developed for continuous
distributions
 Trick/idea: Survival is related to an
underlying latent variable that is continuous
Introducing the threshold model
Liability
ind. i dies on (t,t+1)
li,t  N(µi,t ,σ2)
ind. i survives on (t,t+1)
 It can be shown that survival and mean
liability are linked
 For some function G, we have:
Plug in the animal model
  iittii,t aebG   ,
 It can be shown that survival and mean
liability are linked
 For some function G, we have:
mean survival
  iittii,t aebG   ,
Plug in the animal model
 It can be shown that survival and mean
liability are linked
 For some function G, we have:
yearly effect
mean survival
 2
,0~ tt Nb 
  iittii,t aebG   ,
Plug in the animal model
 It can be shown that survival and mean
liability are linked
 For some function G, we have:
yearly effect
mean survival
non-genetic effect
 2
,0~ tt Nb 
 2
,0~ ei Ne 
  iittii,t aebG   ,
Plug in the animal model
 It can be shown that survival and mean
liability are linked
 For some function G, we have:
additive genetic effect
yearly effect
mean survival
non-genetic effect
 2
,0~ tt Nb 
 2
,0~ ei Ne 
   AMNaa aN
2
1 ,0~,, 
  iittii,t aebG   ,
Plug in the animal model
Case study on blue tits in Corsica
• Blue tits – Corsica
• 1979 – 2007
 654 individuals,
 218 fathers (sires),
 215 mothers (dams),
 12 generations.
Mark-recapture data Social pedigree
median = 0.110
95% cred. int. = [0.006; 0.308]
Additive genetic variance
Papaïx et al. 2010 J of Evolutionary Biol.
 Is IH significant? General question (Bolker et al. 2009
TREE)
median = 0.110
95% cred. int. = [0.006; 0.308]
Additive genetic variance
Papaïx et al. 2010 J of Evolutionary Biol.
 Is IH significant? General question (Bolker et al. 2009
TREE)
median = 0.110
95% cred. int. = [0.006; 0.308]
Additive genetic variance
Papaïx et al. 2010 J of Evolutionary Biol.
See T. Chambert’s talk: Use of posterior predictive checks for
choosing whether or not to include individual random effects in
mark-recapture models.
 How to account for IH
 Case study 1: detecting trade-offs
 Case study 2: describing senescence
 Does IH have a genetic basis?
 Case study 3: quantifying heritability
 How to determine the amount of IH?
 Case study 4: non parametric Bayesian approach
 Perspectives
Outline of the talk
Short musical interlude…
(ACDC)
Wake up!
Outline of the talk
• How to account for IH
– Case study 1: detecting trade-offs
– Case study 2: describing senescence
• Does IH have a genetic basis?
– Case study 3: quantifying heritability
• How to determine the amount of IH?
– Case study 4: non parametric Bayesian approach
• Perspectives
 Fit models with 1, 2, 3, … classes of
mixture, and use AIC (Pledger et al. 2003
Biometrics)
 This strategy does the job in simulations
(Cubaynes et al. 2012 MEE)
Number of classes for finite mixtures?
 Fit models with 1, 2, 3, … classes of
mixture, and use AIC (Pledger et al. 2003
Biometrics)
 This strategy does the job in simulations
(Cubaynes et al. 2012 MEE)
 CR encounter histories are short in time,
which ensures low number of classes
 Problem solved!
Number of classes for finite mixtures?
Number of classes for finite mixtures?
 Fit models with 1, 2, 3, … classes of
mixture, and use AIC (Pledger et al. 2003
Biometrics)
 This strategy does the job in simulations
(Cubaynes et al. 2012 MEE)
 CR encounter histories are short in time,
which ensures low number of classes
 Problem solved!
 See Arnold et al. (2010 Biometrics) for an
automatic method (RJMCMC)
 Parametric approach assumes a distribution
function F on the e
 Validity of normal random effect assumption?
What if random-effect models?
Non parametric Bayesian approach
 Parametric approach assumes a distribution
function F on the e
 Validity of normal random effect assumption?
 Main idea: Any distribution well approximated by a
mixture of normal distributions
 where is a discrete
mixing distribution
What if random-effect models?
Non parametric Bayesian approach
F x( )= N x q,s 2
( )Q dq( )ò Q dq( )
 Parametric approach assumes a distribution
function F on the e
 Validity of normal random effect assumption?
 Main idea: Any distribution well approximated by a
mixture of normal distributions
 where is a discrete
mixing distribution
 Dirichlet process:
What if random-effect models?
Non parametric Bayesian approach
F x( )= N x q,s 2
( )Q dq( )ò Q dq( )
F x( ) » ph
h=1
N
å N x qh,s 2
( )
Case study on wolves (95-03)
• Wolf is recolonizing France
• Problematic interactions with human
activities
• Heterogeneity suspected in the detection
process
• Wide area
• Social species
Results on wolves
1 2 3 4 5
nb of clusters050150250
-0.2 0.2 0.6 1.0
0.01.5
detectability cluster 1
-0.2 0.0 0.2 0.4
024
detectability cluster 2
0.00 0.10 0.20
02040
detectability cluster 3
0.00 0.10 0.20
0150
detectability cluster 4
Results on wolves
Wolf survival
0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9
02468
SURVIVAL
homogeneity
0.80 0.85 0.90 0.95 1.00
0246810
SURVIVAL
Wolf survival
mixture of normals
0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9
02468
SURVIVAL
homogeneity
 How to account for IH
 Case study 1: detecting trade-offs
 Case study 2: describing senescence
 Does IH have a genetic basis?
 Case study 3: quantifying heritability
 How to determine the amount of IH?
 Case study 4: non parametric Bayesian approach
 Perspectives
Outline of the talk
Outline of the talk
• How to account for IH
– Case study 1: detecting trade-offs
– Case study 2: describing senescence
• Does IH have a genetic basis?
– Case study 3: quantifying heritability
• How to determine the amount of IH?
– Case study 4: non parametric Bayesian approach
• Perspectives
Conclusions
 CR methodology is catching up with ‘p=1’ world
 IH needs to be accounted for…
 Whenever possible, adopt a biological view and
measure quality in the field
 If not, well, mixture or random-effect models
Tribute to…
MARK
Rémi ChoquetGary White
E-SURGE
Conclusions
 CR methodology is catching up with ‘p=1’ world
 IH needs to be accounted for…
 Whenever possible, adopt a biological view and
measure quality in the field
 Mixture of random-effect models
 Interpretation difficult / hazardous though
 How to choose between the two approaches?
See T. Arnold’s talk: Modeling individual heterogeneity
in survival rates: mixtures or distributions?
Perspectives
1. More biology in heterogeneity
2. Fixed or dynamic heterogeneity?
Only suggestions for future research…
Perspectives
1. More biology in heterogeneity
 Detection is often considered nuisance
 Understanding the biology of IH in detection?
 Link with literature on personality
See C. Senar’s talk: Selection on the size of a sexual
ornament may be reverse in urban habitats: a story on
variation in the black tie of the great Tit
Heterogeneity in detection
Daily detection probability for cliff swallows at two sites
when flushing was (black) and was not done (grey)
Perspectives
2. Fixed or dynamic heterogeneity?
Diversity in life histories: traits (size, age at maturity), physiology,
appearance…
Understanding diversity of life histories
• Fixed heterogeneity: fixed differences in fitness
components among individuals determined before
or at the onset of reproductive life (Cam et al. 2002).
This diversity is explained by?
• Fixed heterogeneity: fixed differences in fitness
components among individuals determined before
or at the onset of reproductive life (Cam et al. 2002).
• Dynamic heterogeneity: diversity of ‘state’
sequences due to stochasticity (Tuljapurkar et al. 2009
Ecol. Letters)
• Current debate on dynamic vs fixed heterogeneity
This diversity is explained by?
Fixed or dynamic heterogeneity?
Fixed or dynamic heterogeneity?
• Multistate models with individual random effects and first-
order Markovian transitions between states
Fixed or dynamic heterogeneity?
• Multistate models with individual random effects and first-
order Markovian transitions between states
• Diversity better explained by models incorporating
unobserved heterogeneity than by models including first-
order Markov processes alone, or a combination of both
Fixed or dynamic heterogeneity?
• Multistate models with individual random effects and first-
order Markovian transitions between states
• Diversity better explained by models incorporating
unobserved heterogeneity than by models including first-
order Markov processes alone, or a combination of both
• To be reproduced on other populations / species
Thanks a lot for listening!
Enjoy the Euring meeting!

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My talk at EURING 2013 on individual variability in capture-recapture models

  • 1. All equal, really? Individual variability in capture-recapture models from biological and methodological perspectives Olivier Gimenez (Montpellier) Emmanuelle Cam (Toulouse) Jean-Michel Gaillard (Lyon)
  • 2. Process in the wild  Investigating process in natural populations  Long-term individual monitoring datasets  Methodological issues when moving from lab to natural conditions
  • 3. Process in the wild  Investigating process in natural populations  Long-term individual monitoring datasets  Methodological issues when moving from lab to natural conditions  Issue 1: detectability < 1  Issue 2: individual heterogeneity (IH)
  • 4. Issue 2: individual heterogeneity  Simple capture-recapture models assume homogeneity  From a statistical point of view, IH can cause bias in parameter estimates See also L. Cordes’ talk: Band reporting rates of waterfowl: Does individual heterogeneity bias estimated survival rates?
  • 5. Issue of individual heterogeneity  Simple CR models assume homogeneity  From a statistical point of view, IH can cause bias in parameter estimates  From a biological point of view, IH is of interest – individual quality 2010
  • 6. Accounting for individual heterogeneity  Biologists rely on empirical measures (mass, gender, age, experience, etc.)  Statistician attempt to filter out the signal from noisy observations?  Focus shifting from mean to variance? How to account for IH?
  • 7.  How to account for IH  Case study 1: detecting trade-offs  Case study 2: describing senescence  Does IH have a genetic basis?  Case study 3: quantifying heritability  How to determine the amount of IH?  Case study 4: non parametric Bayesian approach  Perspectives Outline of the talk
  • 8. Outline of the talk • How to account for variation in IH – Case study 1: detecting trade-offs – Case study 2: describing senescence • Does IH have a genetic basis? – Case study 3: quantifying heritability • How to determine the amount of IH? – Case study 4: non parametric Bayesian approach • Perspectives
  • 9.  Natural selection favors individuals that maximize their fitness  Limited energy budget: strategy of resource allocation  Trade-off between traits related to fitness  IH may mask trade-offs (Van Noordwijk & de Jong 1986 Am Nat) Assessing trade-offs in the wild
  • 10. IH as covariates  If IH is measurable, then use it!  Often, continuous individual covariate changing over time: issue of missing data  Work by S. Bonner and R. King on how to handle with continuous covariate
  • 11. IH as covariates  If IH is measurable, then use it!  Often, continuous individual covariate changing over time: issue of missing data  Work by S. Bonner and R. King on how to handle with continuous covariate  Use states instead of sites in multisite models (categorical covariate)
  • 12.  Use breeders / non-breeders states (Nichols et al. 1994 Ecology)  State-dependent survival Sstate : reproduction vs future survival  State-dependent transitions ij : present vs. future reproduction  Numerous applications Trade-offs and multistate models
  • 13. Kittiwakes (Cam et al. 1998 Ecology) B NB S B 0.79 NB 0.65 0.90 0.10 0.67 0.33
  • 14.  How to account for IH  Case study 1: detecting trade-offs  Case study 2: describing senescence  Does IH have a genetic basis?  Case study 3: quantifying heritability  How to determine the amount of IH?  Case study 4: non parametric Bayesian approach  Perspectives Outline of the talk
  • 15. Outline of the talk • How to account for IH – Case study 1: detecting trade-offs – Case study 2: describing senescence • Does IH have a genetic basis? – Case study 3: quantifying heritability • How to determine the amount of IH? – Case study 4: non parametric Bayesian approach • Perspectives
  • 16.  « Over time, the observed hazard rate will approach the hazard rate of the more robust subcohort » Vaupel and Yashin 1985 Am Stat  Suggest that analyses conducted at the population vs. individual level should differ (Cam et al. 2002 Am Nat)  What if detection p < 1 ? Impact of IH on age-varying survival
  • 17. Finite mixture of individuals  Use mixture models (Pledger et al. 2003 Biometrics)  Latent variable for the class to which an individual belongs (Pradel 2009 EES)  2 classes of individuals (low vs. high quality)
  • 18. Probabilities in a mixture model  Under homogeneity   is survival  p is detection     pp   1101Pr
  • 19.  Under heterogeneity   is the probability that the individual belongs to state L  L is survival for low quality individuals  H is survival for high quality individuals Probabilities in a mixture model
  • 20.  Under heterogeneity   is the probability that the individual belongs to state L  L is survival for low quality individuals  H is survival for high quality individuals         pppp HHLL   111101Pr Probabilities in a mixture model
  • 21. Finite mixture of individuals  Use mixture models (Pledger et al. 2003)  A model with a hidden structure, with a latent variable for the class to which an individual belong to (HMM; Pradel 2009)  Mimic examples in Vaupel and Yashin (1985 Am Stat) with p < 1 using simulated data
  • 22. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 Sub-cohort 1 400 individuals (the most fragile) Sub-cohort 2 100 individuals (the most robust) Survival Age
  • 23. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 Fit at the population level Sub-cohort 2 100 individuals (the most robust) Sub-cohort 1 400 individuals (the most fragile) Survival Age
  • 24. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 Fit at the individual level using a 2-class mixture Fit at the population level Sub-cohort 1 400 individuals (the most fragile) Sub-cohort 2 100 individuals (the most robust) Survival Age
  • 25. Real case study on Black-headed Gulls  Not so simple in real life  Case study on (famous) Black-headed gulls (J.-D. Lebreton)  Suspicion of IH
  • 26.  Zones of unequal accessibility  Detection strongly depends on birds position Detection heterogeneity
  • 27. Detection heterogeneity (1) zone 1: nests inside the vegetation La Ronze pond
  • 28. Detection heterogeneity (1) zone 1: nests inside the vegetation zone 2: nests on the edge of vegetation clusters La Ronze pond
  • 29. Results - Péron et al. (2010) Oïkos • Absence of survival IH
  • 30. 00.20.40.60.81 0 10 20 Age Survivalprobabilities • Absence of survival IH Estimation of survival senescence Results - Péron et al. (2010) Oïkos
  • 31. 00.20.40.60.81 0 10 20 Age Survivalprobabilities • Absence of survival IH • Presence of detection and emigration IH Estimation of survival senescence Results - Péron et al. (2010) Oïkos
  • 32. • Absence of survival IH • Presence of detection and emigration IH • If IH ignored on temporary emigration, then senescence undetected Results - Péron et al. (2010) Oïkos
  • 33. Results - Péron et al. (2010) Oïkos • Absence of survival IH • Presence of detection and emigration IH • If IH ignored on temporary emigration, then senescence undetected See M. Lindberg’s talk: Individual heterogeneity in black brant survival and recruitment with implications for harvest dynamics
  • 34. Continuous mixture of individuals  What if I have a continuous mixture of individuals?  Use individual random-effect models  CR mixed models (Royle 2008 Biometrics; Gimenez & Choquet 2010 Ecology)
  • 35.  Explain individual variation in survival  No variation – homogeneity  Random effect – in-between  Saturated – full heterogeneity i Individual random-effect models  2 ,~  Ni 
  • 36.  Explain individual variation in survival  No variation – homogeneity  Random effect – in-between  Saturated – full heterogeneity i  2 ,~  Ni  Individual random-effect models
  • 37.  Explain individual variation in survival  No variation – homogeneity  Individual random effect – in-between  Saturated – full heterogeneity i  2 ,~  Ni  Individual random-effect models
  • 38. Continuous mixture of individuals  What if I have a continuous mixture of individuals?  Use individual random-effect models (Royle 2008 Biometrics, Gimenez & Choquet 2010 Ecology)  Mimic examples in Vaupel and Yashin (1985) with p < 1 using simulated data
  • 39. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 300 individuals logit(i(a)) = 1.5 - 0.05 a + ui ui ~ N(0,=0.5) Survival Age
  • 40. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 Expected pattern E(logit(i(a))) = 1.5 - 0.05 aSurvival Age
  • 41. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 Fit at the population level Survival Age
  • 42. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 Fit at the individual level with an individual random effectSurvival Age
  • 44. with IH: onset = 1.94 Marzolin et al. (2011) Ecology Senescence in European dippers
  • 45. without IH: onset = 2.28 with IH: onset = 1.94 Marzolin et al. (2011) Ecology Senescence in European dippers
  • 46.  How to account for IH  Case study 1: detecting trade-offs  Case study 2: describing senescence  Does IH have a genetic basis?  Case study 3: quantifying heritability  How to determine the amount of IH?  Case study 4: non parametric Bayesian approach  Perspectives Outline of the talk
  • 47. Outline of the talk • How to account for IH – Case study 1: detecting trade-offs – Case study 2: describing senescence • Does IH have a genetic basis? – Case study 3: quantifying heritability • How to determine the amount of IH? – Case study 4: non parametric Bayesian approach • Perspectives
  • 48. Heritability in the wild  Quantitative genetics: joint analysis of a trait and genealogical relationships  Increasing used in animal and plant pops
  • 49. Heritability in the wild  Quantitative genetics: joint analysis of a trait and genealogical relationships  Increasing used in animal and plant pops  Animal models: mixed models incorporating genetic, environmental and other factors.  Heritability: proportion of the phenotypic var. attributed to additive genetic var.
  • 50. Heritability in the wild  Quantitative genetics: joint analysis of a trait and genealogical relationships  Increasing used in animal and plant pops  Animal models: mixed models incorporating genetic, environmental and other factors.  Heritability: proportion of the phenotypic var. attributed to additive genetic var.  Combination of animal and capture- recapture models ?
  • 51. The idea is the air… (Cam 2009 EES) " [The animal model has] been applied to estimation of heritability in life history traits, either in the rare study populations where detection probability is close to 1, or without considering the probability of detecting animals (...) "
  • 52. The idea is the air… (Cam 2009 EES) " [The animal model has] been applied to estimation of heritability in life history traits, either in the rare study populations where detection probability is close to 1, or without considering the probability of detecting animals (...) " I think it’s Emmanuelle
  • 53. Introducing the threshold model  Main issue: survival is a discrete process, but theory well developed for continuous distributions
  • 54.  Main issue: survival is a discrete process, but theory well developed for continuous distributions  Trick/idea: Survival is related to an underlying latent variable that is continuous Introducing the threshold model
  • 55. Liability ind. i dies on (t,t+1) li,t  N(µi,t ,σ2) ind. i survives on (t,t+1)
  • 56.  It can be shown that survival and mean liability are linked  For some function G, we have: Plug in the animal model   iittii,t aebG   ,
  • 57.  It can be shown that survival and mean liability are linked  For some function G, we have: mean survival   iittii,t aebG   , Plug in the animal model
  • 58.  It can be shown that survival and mean liability are linked  For some function G, we have: yearly effect mean survival  2 ,0~ tt Nb    iittii,t aebG   , Plug in the animal model
  • 59.  It can be shown that survival and mean liability are linked  For some function G, we have: yearly effect mean survival non-genetic effect  2 ,0~ tt Nb   2 ,0~ ei Ne    iittii,t aebG   , Plug in the animal model
  • 60.  It can be shown that survival and mean liability are linked  For some function G, we have: additive genetic effect yearly effect mean survival non-genetic effect  2 ,0~ tt Nb   2 ,0~ ei Ne     AMNaa aN 2 1 ,0~,,    iittii,t aebG   , Plug in the animal model
  • 61. Case study on blue tits in Corsica • Blue tits – Corsica • 1979 – 2007  654 individuals,  218 fathers (sires),  215 mothers (dams),  12 generations. Mark-recapture data Social pedigree
  • 62. median = 0.110 95% cred. int. = [0.006; 0.308] Additive genetic variance Papaïx et al. 2010 J of Evolutionary Biol.
  • 63.  Is IH significant? General question (Bolker et al. 2009 TREE) median = 0.110 95% cred. int. = [0.006; 0.308] Additive genetic variance Papaïx et al. 2010 J of Evolutionary Biol.
  • 64.  Is IH significant? General question (Bolker et al. 2009 TREE) median = 0.110 95% cred. int. = [0.006; 0.308] Additive genetic variance Papaïx et al. 2010 J of Evolutionary Biol. See T. Chambert’s talk: Use of posterior predictive checks for choosing whether or not to include individual random effects in mark-recapture models.
  • 65.  How to account for IH  Case study 1: detecting trade-offs  Case study 2: describing senescence  Does IH have a genetic basis?  Case study 3: quantifying heritability  How to determine the amount of IH?  Case study 4: non parametric Bayesian approach  Perspectives Outline of the talk
  • 67. Outline of the talk • How to account for IH – Case study 1: detecting trade-offs – Case study 2: describing senescence • Does IH have a genetic basis? – Case study 3: quantifying heritability • How to determine the amount of IH? – Case study 4: non parametric Bayesian approach • Perspectives
  • 68.  Fit models with 1, 2, 3, … classes of mixture, and use AIC (Pledger et al. 2003 Biometrics)  This strategy does the job in simulations (Cubaynes et al. 2012 MEE) Number of classes for finite mixtures?
  • 69.  Fit models with 1, 2, 3, … classes of mixture, and use AIC (Pledger et al. 2003 Biometrics)  This strategy does the job in simulations (Cubaynes et al. 2012 MEE)  CR encounter histories are short in time, which ensures low number of classes  Problem solved! Number of classes for finite mixtures?
  • 70. Number of classes for finite mixtures?  Fit models with 1, 2, 3, … classes of mixture, and use AIC (Pledger et al. 2003 Biometrics)  This strategy does the job in simulations (Cubaynes et al. 2012 MEE)  CR encounter histories are short in time, which ensures low number of classes  Problem solved!  See Arnold et al. (2010 Biometrics) for an automatic method (RJMCMC)
  • 71.  Parametric approach assumes a distribution function F on the e  Validity of normal random effect assumption? What if random-effect models? Non parametric Bayesian approach
  • 72.  Parametric approach assumes a distribution function F on the e  Validity of normal random effect assumption?  Main idea: Any distribution well approximated by a mixture of normal distributions  where is a discrete mixing distribution What if random-effect models? Non parametric Bayesian approach F x( )= N x q,s 2 ( )Q dq( )ò Q dq( )
  • 73.  Parametric approach assumes a distribution function F on the e  Validity of normal random effect assumption?  Main idea: Any distribution well approximated by a mixture of normal distributions  where is a discrete mixing distribution  Dirichlet process: What if random-effect models? Non parametric Bayesian approach F x( )= N x q,s 2 ( )Q dq( )ò Q dq( ) F x( ) » ph h=1 N å N x qh,s 2 ( )
  • 74. Case study on wolves (95-03) • Wolf is recolonizing France • Problematic interactions with human activities • Heterogeneity suspected in the detection process • Wide area • Social species
  • 75. Results on wolves 1 2 3 4 5 nb of clusters050150250
  • 76. -0.2 0.2 0.6 1.0 0.01.5 detectability cluster 1 -0.2 0.0 0.2 0.4 024 detectability cluster 2 0.00 0.10 0.20 02040 detectability cluster 3 0.00 0.10 0.20 0150 detectability cluster 4 Results on wolves
  • 77. Wolf survival 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 02468 SURVIVAL homogeneity
  • 78. 0.80 0.85 0.90 0.95 1.00 0246810 SURVIVAL Wolf survival mixture of normals 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 02468 SURVIVAL homogeneity
  • 79.  How to account for IH  Case study 1: detecting trade-offs  Case study 2: describing senescence  Does IH have a genetic basis?  Case study 3: quantifying heritability  How to determine the amount of IH?  Case study 4: non parametric Bayesian approach  Perspectives Outline of the talk
  • 80. Outline of the talk • How to account for IH – Case study 1: detecting trade-offs – Case study 2: describing senescence • Does IH have a genetic basis? – Case study 3: quantifying heritability • How to determine the amount of IH? – Case study 4: non parametric Bayesian approach • Perspectives
  • 81. Conclusions  CR methodology is catching up with ‘p=1’ world  IH needs to be accounted for…  Whenever possible, adopt a biological view and measure quality in the field  If not, well, mixture or random-effect models
  • 83. Conclusions  CR methodology is catching up with ‘p=1’ world  IH needs to be accounted for…  Whenever possible, adopt a biological view and measure quality in the field  Mixture of random-effect models  Interpretation difficult / hazardous though  How to choose between the two approaches? See T. Arnold’s talk: Modeling individual heterogeneity in survival rates: mixtures or distributions?
  • 84. Perspectives 1. More biology in heterogeneity 2. Fixed or dynamic heterogeneity? Only suggestions for future research…
  • 85. Perspectives 1. More biology in heterogeneity  Detection is often considered nuisance  Understanding the biology of IH in detection?  Link with literature on personality See C. Senar’s talk: Selection on the size of a sexual ornament may be reverse in urban habitats: a story on variation in the black tie of the great Tit
  • 87. Daily detection probability for cliff swallows at two sites when flushing was (black) and was not done (grey)
  • 88. Perspectives 2. Fixed or dynamic heterogeneity?
  • 89. Diversity in life histories: traits (size, age at maturity), physiology, appearance… Understanding diversity of life histories
  • 90. • Fixed heterogeneity: fixed differences in fitness components among individuals determined before or at the onset of reproductive life (Cam et al. 2002). This diversity is explained by?
  • 91. • Fixed heterogeneity: fixed differences in fitness components among individuals determined before or at the onset of reproductive life (Cam et al. 2002). • Dynamic heterogeneity: diversity of ‘state’ sequences due to stochasticity (Tuljapurkar et al. 2009 Ecol. Letters) • Current debate on dynamic vs fixed heterogeneity This diversity is explained by?
  • 92. Fixed or dynamic heterogeneity?
  • 93. Fixed or dynamic heterogeneity? • Multistate models with individual random effects and first- order Markovian transitions between states
  • 94. Fixed or dynamic heterogeneity? • Multistate models with individual random effects and first- order Markovian transitions between states • Diversity better explained by models incorporating unobserved heterogeneity than by models including first- order Markov processes alone, or a combination of both
  • 95. Fixed or dynamic heterogeneity? • Multistate models with individual random effects and first- order Markovian transitions between states • Diversity better explained by models incorporating unobserved heterogeneity than by models including first- order Markov processes alone, or a combination of both • To be reproduced on other populations / species
  • 96. Thanks a lot for listening!
  • 97. Enjoy the Euring meeting!