Rachel Fewster - Modern statistical methods for Capture-Recapture

The reading group will meet  this Friday (16th October) at 1pm. We're going to read another paper on Capture-recapture using modern technology, this time with a more statistical slant. The paper is by Rachel Fewster and colleagues at University of Auckland. Rachel focuses on how new technologies, such as DAN barcoding, acoustic profiles, impact on the assumptions on the statistical models used in capture-recapture, and developing methods to allow better use of the data collected in this way. 

We will be reading a paper submitted to Statistical Science titled Trace-Contrast Models for Capture-Recapture without Capture Histories.

Paul Sunnucks - Capture-recapture using modern technology

The reading group will meet once again this Friday (9th October) at 1pm. We're going to switch topics to Capture-recapture using modern technology with a paper by Prof Paul Sunnucks (Monash) and colleagues. Paul uses capture-recapture models together with non-invasive remotely collected samples to estimate population size and dynamics.

We will read a paper in Animal Conservation from his group titled Demographic monitoring of an entire species (the northernhairy-nosed wombat, Lasiorhinus krefftii) by genetic analysisof non-invasively collected material

Otso Ovaskainen - Studying species interactions

The second paper in our reading group, for Friday (2nd October) at 1pm, is by Otso Ovaskainen from the University of Helsinki.  Otso studies population dynamics and species co-occurrence in ecology with an interest in modelling metagenomics data.

We will read a 2010 paper in Ecology from his group titled Modeling species co-occurrence by multivariate logistic regression generates new hypotheses on fungal interactions

Doug Yu - Studying communities using metagenomics data

The first paper in our reading group, for Friday (25th September) at 1, is by Doug Yu from the University of East Anglia.  Doug is at the forefront when it comes to biodiversity sampling using genetic techniques such as "barcoding" as a shortcut to species identification (and potentially as a way to sample cryptic species).

We will read a 2013 paper in Ecology Letters from his group titled Reliable, verifiable and efficient monitoring of biodiversity via metabarcoding