tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814370418608688014.post7070289863483936241..comments2023-06-13T03:10:55.460-07:00Comments on Eco-Stats '15 - Study blog: Otso Ovaskainen - Studying species interactionsDavid Wartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05231788956034178551noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814370418608688014.post-89321205638879303352015-10-01T21:56:45.145-07:002015-10-01T21:56:45.145-07:00I imagine this kind of approach would be especiall...I imagine this kind of approach would be especially difficult for presence-only data, particularly for things that move.Ian Rennerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09178721107274502787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814370418608688014.post-856964419407890582015-10-01T21:55:47.235-07:002015-10-01T21:55:47.235-07:00Thanks for the summary! It does seem like things h...Thanks for the summary! It does seem like things have advanced quite a bit since this paper was introduced. Otso is giving a short-course at IBS in Hobart as well, for anyone interested.Ian Rennerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09178721107274502787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814370418608688014.post-40146156139671666132015-10-01T21:19:54.117-07:002015-10-01T21:19:54.117-07:00So here are the main things we discussed:
- It'...So here are the main things we discussed:<br />- It's a bit surprising that it took so long for people to develop models for this important problem. But it was technically very hard to do until maybe the mid 00's.<br />- They sub-sampled the data quite heavily before analysis, and broke it up for separate models for each site, which seemed to waste a fair but of potentially useful information. This was probably for computational (takes too long otherwise) and technical (otherwise need to add random effects) reasons.<br />- Things are moving quickly in this field and have progressed a long way even in the last five years: at ISEC last year, Otso presented about using latent variable models at multiple spatial scales to estimate and compare the nature of species interactions at multiple spatial scales, which is pretty cool.<br />David Wartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05231788956034178551noreply@blogger.com