Analysis of Capture-Recapture Data Workshop
Professor Byron Morgan and Dr Rachel McCrea
This workshop will cover the essentials of statistical methods for the analysis of capture-recapture data. Methods of classical inference based on likelihood construction and maximisation will be used throughout. The workshop will include both introductory and advanced material, including current research.
The workshop will be led by Professor Byron Morgan and Dr Rachel McCrea both based at the University of Kent in Canterbury. They are in the process of writing a book "Analysis of Capture-Recapture Data" which will form the basis of the workshop. One extensive application, on cormorants, "Phalacrocorax carbo", will be used to integrate different aspects of the work. Additional datasets will be provided for individual experimentation.
The four computer practical sessions will use programs and packages written in the free language R as well as code for symbolic algebra package Maple. Talks will be accompanied by copies of talk slides, and memory sticks will be provided which will contain more detailed notes, computer programs and data sets, as well as the talk slides.
Participants are encouraged to bring their own data sets for discussion and analysis.
By the end of the workshop, participants will have the confidence and ability to fit a wide range of capture-recapture models, for use in ecology and other areas of application. The workshop will form the basis for the subsequent workshop on "Bayesian analysis for Population Ecology".
Early bird registration for the workshop will be £360 before 10th August with a discounted rate of £290 for students.
For further information, including a complete draft schedule for the workshop, registration information and contact details visit the website.
Enquiries should be addressed to Rhona Rodger
rhona@mcs.st-and.ac.uk
