The International Biometric Society (British and Irish region) invites
you
to join us for the following meeting:
TITLE: Topics in Statistical Ecology
TIME & PLACE: Friday 19th June 2009, 2.00*4.30pm, St Leonard*s
Hall, University of Edinburgh
PROGRAMME
This meeting will showcase the work of four young biometricians who are
all members of the
EPSRC National Centre for Statistical Ecology.
1.45pm Registration
2.00pm Byron Morgan (BIR President) Welcome
2.05*2.35pm Rachel McCrea (University of Kent) Multi-site
mark-recapture model selection using score tests
2.35*3.05pm Lauren Oliver (University of Kent) Estimating the
survival rates of individuals with heterogeneous
resighting probabilities: a mark-recapture analysis of the cheetahs of
the Serengeti Plains of Tanzania
3.05*3.30pm Tea
3.30*4.00pm Lindesay Scott-Hayward (St Andrews University) Spatial
model ling in complex regions (with a focus
on a new distance based local smoother)
4.00*4.30pm Angelika Studeny (St Andrews University) How close is the
SAD to perfect evenness? Measuring
biodiversity through goodness-of-*t statistics
4.30pm Close
COST
BIR members: free; non-members £25
TO REGISTER
Email [log in to unmask] (Byron Morgan).
Payment on-the-door by cheque (payable to *Biometric Society*) or
cash.
DIRECTIONS
For instructions on getting to St Leonard*s Hall, Edinburgh see:
www.edinburghfirst.com/edinburghfirst/location.asp
CLOSING DATE FOR REGISTRATION: WEDNESDAY 17th JUNE
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