Apologies for any cross postings.
Occupancy models are a suite of methods that have been developed for
examining the patterns and dynamics of species occurrence (e.g.,
presence/absence) across a region of interest, particularly while
account for the imperfect detection of species. They may be used in a
wide range of ecological applications, from simply providing a
monitoring metric, to investigating relationships between the
distribution of a species with environmental variables (i.e., species
distribution modelling), or how these change over time.
Darryl MacKenzie (http://www.proteus.co.nz/about.php) will be teaching
an introductory and advanced workshop on these methods at Newcastle,
Australia, in late September/early October 2018. Each course is 4.5 days
long with a course fee of AUD$900 per course if registered before 10
August (AUD$1000 thereafter). For more more details go to
https://www.proteus.co.nz/courses/
