Last cab off the rank is Anne Chao and her 2010 Royal Society B paper with Chun-Huo Chiu and Lou Jost: "Phylogenetic diversity measures based on Hill numbers".
We will discuss this Friday (28th) at 2.
Eco-Stats Symposium - Study Blog
Coming to the Eco-Stats Symposium? Would you like to know more about the speakers and their research before coming? We are compiling a reading list of suggested papers - one per speaker - and are holding a discussion group on Fridays 2-3pm to work through the list at UNSW (AGSM Courtyard). If you can't be there in person please join the blog Fridays at 2 (Sydney time) - we will keep an eye on it!
Monday 24 June 2013
Friday 14 June 2013
June 21: Will Cornwell - Measuring phylogenetic diversity
Next up is Will Cornwell, who I'm delighted to say will be taking up an appointment here at UNSW in just a few weeks. He has diverse interests which include the measurement of functional and phylogenetic diversity, which will be the focus of the session he will speak in at the Symposium. He has suggested the following introductory book chapter which we will discuss next Friday:
Vellend, Cornwell et al (2011) "Measuring phylogenetic diversity" from the book Biological diversity: frontiers in measurement and assessment, Oxford University Press.
Vellend, Cornwell et al (2011) "Measuring phylogenetic diversity" from the book Biological diversity: frontiers in measurement and assessment, Oxford University Press.
Tuesday 11 June 2013
No reading for Friday June 14
There's a lot going on at UNSW this week so we've decided to postpone the next reading until June 21. So all you Will Cornwell/phylogenetic diversity fans will have to wait a week...
Monday 3 June 2013
June 7: Noel Cressie - Bayesian Hierarchical ANOVA for Climate Change Projections
Next up is Noel Cressie, an expert in spatial statistics who was written two incredibly thorough and detailed textbooks on the subject. His recent focus is on Bayesian hierarchical approaches for modelling spatial data. He has suggested the following paper as being particularly relevant for his talk:
Bayesian Hierarchical ANOVA of Regional Climate-Change Projections from NARCCAP Phase II
There is a fair amount of equations in the paper, but please don't let this be a deterrent! Noel recently gave a talk on this work at UNSW and as an attendee, I can say that it was incredibly exciting and very approachable for non-statisticians.
Feel free to post any questions or comments here in anticipation of the study group at 2-3pm on Friday at UNSW.
Bayesian Hierarchical ANOVA of Regional Climate-Change Projections from NARCCAP Phase II
There is a fair amount of equations in the paper, but please don't let this be a deterrent! Noel recently gave a talk on this work at UNSW and as an attendee, I can say that it was incredibly exciting and very approachable for non-statisticians.
Feel free to post any questions or comments here in anticipation of the study group at 2-3pm on Friday at UNSW.
Monday 27 May 2013
May 31: Chris Daly - Guidelines for Assessing the Suitability of Spatial Climate Data Sets
The next speaker is Chris Daly, the renowned developer of the PRISM spatial climate modelling system. His work has earned him the 2004 Applied Meteorology Award from the American Meteorological Society.
We will discuss his 2006 paper: "Guidelines for assessing the suitability of spatial climate data sets", which can be found at the link below:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.1322/abstract
Feel free to post any questions or comments in advance of or during the discussion at UNSW at 2pm on Friday!
We will discuss his 2006 paper: "Guidelines for assessing the suitability of spatial climate data sets", which can be found at the link below:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.1322/abstract
Feel free to post any questions or comments in advance of or during the discussion at UNSW at 2pm on Friday!
Monday 20 May 2013
May 24: Shirley Pledger - Using Mixture Models to Model Abundance from Capture-Recapture Studies
Our next speaker is Shirley Pledger, an expert in
capture-recapture analysis. She has suggested the following article explaining the use
of mixture models to model abundance in the face of differing
capture/re-capture probabilities:
http://www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bimj.200810446/abstract
http://www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bimj.200810446/abstract
Feel free to post any questions or comments in advance of the discussion group meeting at 2-3 on the 24th of May.
Monday 13 May 2013
May 17: Gerry Quinn - Impact of Agriculture Land Use on Invertebrates in Intermittent Streams Using a Multivariate Approach
Our next speaker is Gerry Quinn, a marine ecologist who has
contributed to many textbooks in wide use today. We’ll discuss a recent paper
as a glimpse into how multivariate analysis is currently being applied to
ecological problems, in particular on the impact of agricultural land use on
invertebrates in intermittent streams. Here is a link to the article:
Hope to hear from you in the blogosphere in time for the meeting on Friday at 2.
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