Since 2006, we’ve delivered over 60 courses to more than 1,200 participants worldwide—Antarctica and Africa are the only continents we’ve yet to reach!
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Available Courses
We offer a range of courses and can tailor programs to meet your specific needs.
While we cover various topics, occupancy modeling is our specialty. Darryl MacKenzie, a key contributor to the development of these methods, brings deep expertise to our training.
Understanding species presence and absence is essential in ecology, influencing areas such as species distribution, habitat modelling, monitoring, and metapopulation studies. However, imperfect detection can result in false absences, leading to misleading conclusions about species occurrence and the factors influencing it.
This 4.5-day introductory course covers methods to address imperfect detection using species detection/non-detection data, with guidance on study design. Participants will complete exercises using Program PRESENCE and R.
While designed for beginners, more experienced users will also benefit. Familiarity with regression models is recommended but not required.
This 3-day advanced course explores extensions of the basic occupancy models covered in beginner/intermediate training, including multi-scale occupancy models, multi-state models, and species co-occurrence models. Participants will engage with theoretical concepts and complete practical exercises in R.
Attendees should have solid experience with occupancy modelling and be comfortable working in R—including data input/output, plotting, and using formula-based notation for models. Completion of a prior course in occupancy modelling is helpful but not required.
Mark-recapture studies are essential for understanding the demographics of animal and plant populations, helping estimate metrics like population size and survival rates. The type of data collected varies depending on the study goals and available resources. Program MARK is a powerful tool designed to analyze data from a wide range of mark-recapture studies.
This 4-day course introduces participants to the software, focusing on practical data analysis. While some theory is covered, the emphasis is on hands-on use. Participants should have a solid grasp of mark-recapture concepts (e.g., closed population models, Cormack-Jolly-Seber, and Pollock’s robust design) and be familiar with regression models, including logistic regression and generalized linear models.
R is a versatile programming environment that has grown in popularity, offering far more than just statistical analysis tools.
This 4-day course provides participants with a practical introduction to R, covering essential skills like data entry, manipulation, and summarization.
Participants will also learn how to perform basic analyses, create visualizations, and generate plots.
The course is designed to build foundational knowledge, empowering attendees to confidently apply R across a range of data-related tasks.