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15 Forms of Invasiveness
You might think they should be easy to identify – invasive species are seemingly everywhere we look, even carried inadvertently by people to the polar regions. And as one of the biggest threats to biodiversity, identifying which species are likely … Continue reading
CSI: Ecology. Efficiency of eDNA sampling
Detecting a species from the DNA it left behind seems so much like CSI: Ecology. DNA deposited in the environment (eDNA for the cool kids), which can then be collected and identified, is increasingly advocated for ecological studies (Ficetola et … Continue reading
While I was sleeping: optimising ecological surveys over space and time
With the recent online publication of a new paper, here’s a blog post about how the research arose – a fun confluence of mathematical and cognitive collaboration across two sides of the world. And some of it was achieved while … Continue reading
Posted in CEED, Detectability, Ecological models, New research, Probability and Bayesian analysis
Tagged Alana Moore, Cindy Hauser, ecological surveys, ecology, environmental decisions, imperfect detection, Michael McCarthy, mick mccarthy, models, optimization, probability, research, uncertainty
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Effects of stand age on fire severity
Our new paper shows that the probability of crown fire in mountain forests under extreme weather conditions is greatest when trees are about 15 years old. This has implications for debates about how timber harvesting influences the risk of fire. … Continue reading
My talk at #ISEC2014
I’m speaking tomorrow on the last afternoon of the International Statistical Ecology Conference in Montpellier. I’ll be arguing that usual metrics (e.g., AIC) to measure the performance of species distribution models (SDMs) might not actually be relevant for selecting models … Continue reading
Joint Species Distribution Models
Update: The paper is now available (free) from Methods in Ecology and Evolution. Update 2: In the tutorial on how to use this method, we refer to the file “fit.JSDM.r”. This is the R script on the journal website named, … Continue reading
Posted in CEED, Ecological models, New research, Probability and Bayesian analysis
Tagged Bayesian, Chib and Greenberg, correlation, ecology, Michael McCarthy, mick mccarthy, multivariate, mutlivariate probit, probability, research, species distribution model, species distribution models, The University of Melbourne
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The yellow-bellied sapsucker & I
I work in The University of Melbourne’s School of Botany, yet I study a range of organisms, not just plants. I’m particularly pleased when I get to work on invertebrates, because they are critical to ecosystem function on Earth, yet … Continue reading
Posted in New research
Tagged Acizzia, coextinction, Gary Taylor, insect, invertebrate, mccarthy, Melinda Moir, Michael McCarthy, Peter Vesk
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Writing concisely about indices of extinction risk
Edit: An updated version of the paper mentioned in this post is available at bioRxiv: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/000760 (and now it is published: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12308) A post on the joys of editing science. For three years I have worked on a paper in … Continue reading
Considering uncertainty in environmental management decisions
This is a post about a new paper, which forms part of the PhD thesis of Yacov Salomon. Yacov is jointly enrolled in the School of Botany and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at The University of Melbourne. Salomon, … Continue reading
Posted in Ecological models, New research, Probability and Bayesian analysis
Tagged Brendan Wintle, ecology, environmental decisions, koala, matrix population models, Michael McCarthy, mick mccarthy, models, olive ridley sea turtle, optimal management, peter baxter, Peter Taylor, portfolio theory, probability, research, uncertainty, Yacov Salomon
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