Statistics
The statistics division has research interests in 3 main areas: wildlife population assessment, ecological and environmental modelling, and statistical inference.
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(University of St Andrews, 2017-11-20) - Thesis -
Incorporating animal movement with distance sampling and spatial capture-recapture
(University of St Andrews, 2018-12-06) - ThesisDistance sampling and spatial capture-recapture are statistical methods to estimate the number of animals in a wild population based on encounters between these animals and scientific detectors. Both methods estimate the ... -
Effects of neonicotinoids on bees: an invalid experiment
(2018-01) - Journal itemWe use a recent study on the effects of neonicotinoids on bees as a concrete example to reinforce the advice of OEPP/EPPO (2010) that strong inference is impossible if there is no true replication and that analyses based ... -
Techniques for estimating the size of low-density gopher tortoise populations
(2017-12-01) - Journal articleGopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) are candidates for range-wide listing as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Reliable population estimates are important to inform policy and management for recovery of ... -
Surveying abundance and stand type associations of Formica aquilonia and F. lugubris (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) nest mounds over an extensive area : Trialing a novel method
(2012-01-03) - Journal articleRed wood ants are ecologically important members of woodland communities, and some species are of conservation concern. They occur commonly only in certain habitats in Britain, but there is limited knowledge of their numbers ...
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