Week

Date

Topics

Software

1

14 Jan

 

Model building;

Finding the maximum (minimum) of a function

Excel

R

Calculus

2

21 Jan

 

 

Maximum likelihood, Likelihood tests, AIC

Profile Likelihood

Introduction to Bayesian analysis

Excel

R

Calculus

3

28 Jan

 

 

Population models

Density independence 

Stochastic effects

Density dependence

Matrices

R

Calculus

4

4 Feb

 

Harvest models

Source-sink models

PVA

R

Calculus, algebra

R

5

11 Feb

 

Distance estimation

DISTANCE

R

6

18 Feb

 

Closed Population CR

Bayesian approaches

Bayes examples in WinBUGS

M0

Mb

Mt

MARK

R

WINBUGS

7

25 Feb

 

Open methods

Known fates

Nest success

MARK

 

8

4 Mar

 

 

Band recovery analysis

MARK

 

9

18 Mar

 

 

C-J-S

MARK

 

WINBUGS

10

25 Mar

 

J-S Analysis

Robust estimation

JOLLY

MARK

11

1 Apr

 

Occupancy estimation and modeling

 

 

MARK

WINBUGS

12

8 Apr

 

Conservation Decision analysisDecision making exercises

 

Netica

13

15 Apr

Dynamic decisions for harvest management

Netica

14

22 Apr

 

 Stochastic dynamic programming and Adaptive optimization

 

 ASDP

 

29 Apr

Project Presentations

 

Additional topics

Community estimation


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