Ecological niche modelling using R (ENMR01) Delivered by Dr. Neftali Sillero
http://www.prstatistics.com/course/ecological-niche-modelling-using-r- enmr01/ This course will run from 16th – 20th October 2017 at SCENE field station, Loch Lomond national park, Scotland The course will cover the base theory of ecological niche modelling and its main methodologies. By the end of this 5-day practical course, attendees will have the capacity to perform ecological niche models and understand their results, as well as to choose and apply the correct methodology depending on the aim of their type of study and data. Ecological niche, species distribution, habitat distribution, or climatic envelope models are different names for similar mechanistic or correlative models, empirical or mathematical approaches to the ecological niche of a species, where different types of ecogeographical variables (environmental, topographical, human) are related with a species physiological data or geographical locations, in order to identify the factors limiting and defining the species' niche. ENMs have become popular due to the need for efficiency in the design and implementation of conservation management. The course will be mainly practical, with some theoretical lectures. All modelling processes and calculations will be performed with R, the free software environment for statistical computing and graphics (http://www.r-project.org/). Attendees will learn to use modelling algorithms like Maxent, Bioclim, Domain, and logistic regressions, and R packages for computing ENMs like Dismo and Biomod2. Also, students will learn to compare different ecological niche models using the Ecospat package. Course content is as follows Elementary concepts on Ecological Niche Modelling Module 1: Introduction to ENM theory. Definition of ecological niche model; introduction to species ecological niche theory, types of ecological niches, types of ENM, diagram BAM, ENMs as approximations to species’ niches. Module 2: Problems and limitations on ENM. Assumptions and uncertainties, equilibrium concept, niche conservatism, autocorrelation and intensity, sample size, correlation of environmental variables, size and form of study area, thresholds, model validation, model projections. Module 3: Methods on ENM. Mechanistic and correlative models. Overlap Analysis, Biomod, Domain, Habitat, Distance of Mahalanobis, ENFA, GARP, Maxent, Logistic regression, Generalised Linear Models, Generalised Additive Models, Generalised Boosted Regression Models, Random Forest, Support Vector Machines, Artificial Neural Network. Module 4: Conceptual and practice steps to calculate ENM. How to make an ENM step-by-step. Module 5: Applications of ENM. Ecological niche identification, Identification of contact zones, Integration with genetical data, Species expansions, Species invasions, Dispersion hypotheses, Species conservation status, Prediction of future conservation problems, Projection to future and past climate change scenarios, Modelling past species, Modelling species richness, Road-kills, Diseases, Windmills, Location of protected areas. Prepare environmental variables and run ecological niche models with dismo package. Module 6: Preparing variables. Choosing environmental data sources, Downloading variables, Clipping variables, Aggregating variables, Checking pixel size, Checking raster limits, Checking NoData, Correlating variables. Module 7: Dismo practice. How to run an ENM using the R package dismo. Run ecological niche models with Biomod2 package and Maxent. Module 8: Biomod2 practice. How to run an ENM using the R package Biomod2. Module 9: Maxent practice. How to run an ENM using the R packages dismo and Biomod2 as well as Maxent software. Compare ecological niche models with ecospat. Module 10: Ecospat practice. Compare statistically two different ecological niche models using the R package Ecospat. Module 11: Students’ talks. Attendees will have the opportunity to present their own data and analyse which is the best way to successfully obtain an ENM. Run ecological niche models with your own data. Module 12: Final practical. In this practical, the students will run ENM with their own data or with a new dataset, applying all the methods showed during the previous days. Please email any inquiries to [email protected] or visit our website www.prstatistics.com 1. ADVANCING IN STATISTICAL MODELLING FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGISTS AND ECOLOGISTS USING R #ADVR 17th – 21st April 2017, Scotland, Dr. Luc Bussiere, Dr. Ane Timenes Laugen http://www.prstatistics.com/course/advancing-statistical-modelling-using-r- advr06/ 2. CODING, DATA MANAGEMENT AND SHINY APPLICATIONS USING RSTUDIO FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGISTS AND ECOLOGISTS #CDSR 15th - 19th May, Scotland Dr. Aline Quadros http://www.prstatistics.com/course/coding-data-management-and-shiny- applications-using-rstudio-for-evolutionary-biologists-and-ecologists- cdsr01/ 3. GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS USING R #GMMR 5th – 9th June 2017, Scotland, Prof. Dean Adams, Prof. Michael Collyer, Dr. Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou http://www.prstatistics.com/course/geometric-morphometrics-using-r-gmmr01/ 4. MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF SPATIAL ECOLOGICAL DATA #MASE 19th – 23rd June, Canada, Prof. Subhash Lele, Dr. Peter Solymos http://www.prstatistics.com/course/multivariate-analysis-of-spatial- ecological-data-using-r-mase01/ 5. TIME SERIES MODELS FOR ECOLOGISTS USING R (JUNE 2017 #TSME 26th – 30th June, Canada, Dr. Andrew Parnell http://www.prstatistics.com/course/time-series-models-foe-ecologists-tsme01/ 6. BIOINFORMATICS FOR GENETICISTS AND BIOLOGISTS #BIGB 3rd – 7th July 2017, Scotland, Dr. Nic Blouin, Dr. Ian Misner http://www.prstatistics.com/course/bioinformatics-for-geneticists-and- biologists-bigb02/ 7. META-ANALYSIS IN ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES #METR01 24th – 28th July, Scotland, Prof. Julia Koricheva, Prof. Elena Kulinskaya http://www.prstatistics.com/course/meta-analysis-in-ecology-evolution-and- environmental-sciences-metr01/ 8. SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF ECOLOGICAL DATA USING R #SPAE 7th – 12th August 2017, Scotland, Prof. Jason Matthiopoulos, Dr. James Grecian http://www.prstatistics.com/course/spatial-analysis-ecological-data-using-r- spae05/ 9. ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELLING USING R #ENMR 16th – 20th October 2017, Scotland, Dr. Neftali Sillero http://www.prstatistics.com/course/ecological-niche-modelling-using-r- enmr01/ 10. INTRODUCTION TO BIOINFORMATICS USING LINUX #IBUL 16th – 20th October, Scotland, Dr. Martin Jones http://www.prstatistics.com/course/introduction-to-bioinformatics-using- linux-ibul02/ 11. GENETIC DATA ANALYSIS AND EXPLORATION USING R #GDAR 23rd – 27th October, Wales, Dr. Thibaut Jombart, Zhian Kavar http://www.prstatistics.com/course/genetic-data-analysis-exploration-using- r-gdar03/ 12. STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING FOR ECOLOGISTS AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGISTS USING R #SEMR 23rd – 27th October, Wales, Prof Jarrett Byrnes, Dr. Jon Lefcheck http://www.prstatistics.com/course/structural-equation-modelling-for- ecologists-and-evolutionary-biologists-semr01/ 13. LANDSCAPE (POPULATION) GENETIC DATA ANALYSIS USING R #LNDG 6th – 10th November, Wales, Prof. Rodney Dyer http://www.prstatistics.com/course/landscape-genetic-data-analysis-using-r- lndg02/ 14. APPLIED BAYESIAN MODELLING FOR ECOLOGISTS AND EPIDEMIOLOGISTS #ABME 20th - 25th November 2017, Scotland, Prof. Jason Matthiopoulos, Dr. Matt Denwood http://www.prstatistics.com/course/applied-bayesian-modelling-ecologists- epidemiologists-abme03/ 15. INTRODUCTION REMOTE SENSING AND GIS APPLICATIONS FOR ECOLOGISTS #IRMS 27th Nov – 1st Dec, Wales, Dr Duccio Rocchini, Dr. Luca Delucchi http://www.prstatistics.com/course/introduction-to-remote-sensing-and-gis- for-ecological-applications-irms01/ 16. INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON FOR BIOLOGISTS #IPYB 27th Nov – 1st Dec, Wales, Dr. Martin Jones http://www.prstatistics.com/course/introduction-to-python-for-biologists- ipyb04/ 17. DATA VISUALISATION AND MANIPULATION USING PYTHON #DVMP 11th – 15th December 2017, Wales, Dr. Martin Jones http://www.prstatistics.com/course/data-visualisation-and-manipulation- using-python-dvmp01/ 18. ADVANCING IN STATISTICAL MODELLING USING R #ADVR 11th – 15th December 2017, Wales, Dr. Luc Bussiere, Dr. Tom Houslay, Dr. Ane Timenes Laugen, http://www.prstatistics.com/course/advancing-statistical-modelling-using-r- advr07/ 19. INTRODUCTION TO BAYESIAN HIERARCHICAL MODELLING #IBHM 29th Jan – 2nd Feb 2018, Scotland, Dr. Andrew Parnell http://www.prstatistics.com/course/introduction-to-bayesian-hierarchical- modelling-using-r-ibhm02/ 20. ANIMAL MOVEMENT ECOLOGY (February 2018) #ANME ??th - ??th February 2018, Wales, Dr Luca Borger, Dr. John Fieberg 21. AQUATIC TELEMENTRY DATA ANALYSIS USIR R (TBC) #ATDAR ??th - ??th February 2018, Wales, 22. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY FROM ORGANISM TO ECOSYSTEM: THEORY AND COMPUTATION #FEER 5th – 9th March 2018, Scotland, Dr. Francesco de Bello, Dr. Lars Götzenberger, Dr. Carlos Carmona http://www.prstatistics.com/course/functional-ecology-from-organism-to- ecosystem-theory-and-computation-feer01/ 23. ADVANCES IN MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF SPATIAL ECOLOGICAL DATA USING R #MVSP Prof. Pierre Legendre, Dr. Olivier Gauthier - Date and location to be confirmed 24. STABLE ISOTOPE MIXING MODELS USING SIAR, SIBER AND MIXSIAR #SIMM Dr. Andrew Parnell, Dr. Andrew Jackson – Date and location to be confirmed 25. NETWORK ANAYLSIS FOR ECOLOGISTS USING R #NTWA Dr. Marco Scotti - Date and location to be confirmed 26. MODEL BASE MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF ABUNDANCE DATA USING R #MBMV0 Prof David Warton - Date and location to be confirmed 27. ADVANCED PYTHON FOR BIOLOGISTS #APYB Dr. Martin Jones - Date and location to be confirmed 28. PHYLOGENETIC DATA ANALYSIS USING R (TBC) #PHYL Dr. Emmanuel Paradis – Date and location to be confirmed Oliver Hooker PhD. PR statistics 2017 publications - Ecosystem size predicts eco-morphological variability in post-glacial diversification. Ecology and Evolution. In press. The physiological costs of prey switching reinforce foraging specialization. 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