*Species distribution/occupancy modelling short course**
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Instructor: Darryl I. MacKenzie
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Date: 25-29 June 2018
Cost: GBP 540 course only, GBP 800 course and accommodation
The presence or absence of a species across a set of landscape units is
a fundamental concept widely used in ecology (e.g., species range or
distribution, epidemiology, habitat modeling, resource selection
probability functions, as a monitoring metric, metapopulation studies,
biodiversity and species co-occurrence). An important sampling issue,
however, is that a species may not always be detected when present at a
landscape unit. This will result in "false absences" causing parameter
estimates to be biased if unaccounted for, possibly leading to
misleading results and conclusions, even with moderate levels of
imperfect detection.
This workshop will cover many of the latest methods for modeling
patterns and dynamics of species occurrence in a landscape while
accounting for the imperfect detection of the species. Including:
- estimating level of occurrence at single point in time
- identifying factors that influence species occurrence
- creating species distribution maps
- modelling changes in distribution over time
- study design
For more details go to: http://www.proteus.co.nz/courses.
About the instructor: Darryl MacKenzie is an internationally renowned
biometrician, and was first author of the seminal paper on occupancy
modelling while accounting for imperfect detection (MacKenzie et al.,
2002), and many subsequent papers on the general topic. He is also lead
author of the recently released second edition of Occupancy Estimation
and Modeling.