Course Itinerary (9:00 AM - 12:00 noon, 1:00-5:00 PM daily)
Date
Session
Tuesday, July 12
AM - Workshop introduction. Fitting basic statistical models (regression, GLMs) in WinBUGS/JAGS, from R, using the R2jags or R2WinBUGS packages.
PM - Introduction to Bayesian analysis of ordinary capture-recapture models: Model M0, Mb, Mh, individual covariate models, distance sampling, etc.
Wed, July 13
AM - General formulation of SCR models: basic models and their analysis in WinBUGS. Poisson and Bernoulli models for trapping arrays (camera traps, hair snares, etc.), multinomial encounter models. Multi-session models.
PM - Likelihood analysis concepts. Using the ‘secr’ and ‘oSCR’ R package. Spatial modeling of density
Thurs, July 14
AM - Modelling landscape connectivity and resource selection
PM - Open population models, survival and recruitment
Friday, July 15
AM - Open population models, transience and dispersal
PM - Integrated population models and mark-resight models
