Instructor: Darryl I. MacKenzie
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Date: 25-29 June 2018
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 modelling, 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 modelling 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
Participants will be introduced to available software through worked examples, and there will be special emphasis on aspects of study design. While primarily aimed at the beginner and intermediate level, more experienced researchers will also benefit from attending.
The first four days will comprise of formal lectures and exercises, and the final morning will be an informal discussion/consulting session where participants can work on their own data, talk one-on-one with the instructor, etc. The course agenda is available here.
Participants will have to provide their own laptop computer that is capable of running Windows-based software. A list of other requirements is available here.
The course fee is GBP 540. The course fee includes lunch and refreshments, but excludes other meals and accommodation. An option with accommodation is available, see listing on the courses page.
The course will be limited to 20 participants.
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.
This course is being run in partnership with PR Statistics.
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