The espresso point Abstract. Statistics, vanishing students, and the optimal coffee break: a data-driven approach by Oscar Rodriguez de Rivera Ortega

Happy to share my new article, this time not statistical ecology but population study in some way…

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Se activa el Grupo de Asesoramiento en Emergencias GADE del @csic.es que tendré el honor de coordinar share.google/i70PEPELZVDZ...

New paper is out! We have demonstrated the efficacy of summer prescribed fires in Pinus nigra forests
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Yo conozco a uno que pisó una piedra en el borde del camino y resultó ser un trozo de poliespan. Lo siguiente que sé es que le paró una chumbera de caer por un acantilado. Mucho ánimo!!

Lo apunto para este verano!

Yo prefiero ropa vieja

Va a quedar algo para croquetas o ropa vieja?

Markov Chains: Why Walk When You Can Flow? In 1989, Depeche Mode was popular, the first version of Microsoft Office was released, large demonstrations brought down the wall separating East and West Germany, and a group of statisticians in the ...

I have learned that some people have still not heard the Good News about Hamiltonian Monte Carlo. My gentle animated interactive explanation: elevanth.org/blog/2017/11...

A map of Castries in Saint Lucia. The map is in a circle, we can see roads, buildings, water bodies and green areas. The map is colorful.

A map of Castries in Saint Lucia. The map is in a circle, we can see roads, buildings, water bodies and green areas. The map is in black and white colors.

Introducing {maposm}, an R package that extracts, modifies and merges sets of layers from OpenStreetMap for cartographic purposes.

On github: https://github.com/riatelab/maposm

The package is not on CRAN, but it is on r-universe: https://riatelab.r-universe.dev/maposm

#RStats #rspatial #GISChat

📢 Postdoc position in the GeoHealth group at KAUST

Spatio-temporal models for disease mapping, forecasting & early detection of outbreaks 🌍📊💻

PhD #statistics, #maths, #epidemiology. Experience in spatial stats/machine learning & #rstats

👉 www.paulamoraga.com/opportunitie...

Spatial Thinking: Inspiring Action through Place-Based Solutions - National Geographic Society This funding opportunity supports projects that identify a challenge related to a specific place and its unique conditions and leverages an educational solution using spatial thinking to enable people...

Nat Geog Society launched a request for proposals, Spatial Thinking: Inspiring Place Based Solutions - seeking proposals that identify a challenge related to a place and leverages an edu solution using spatial thinking. www.nationalgeographic.org/society/gran... #GIS #geography #edusky

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Session and workshop submission deadline extended for #LivingData2025! ⏰

📌New deadline: Friday 14 February 23:59 GMT-5

🔗www.livingdata2025.c...

#DatosVivos2025

@tdwg.org @gbif.org #OBIS @geobon.org BON #InstitutoHumboldt

10 days to apply! Drop me an email if you want to talk about the project!

Bayesian views of generalized additive modelling Generalized additive models (GAMs) are a frequently used, flexible framework applied to many problems in statistical ecology. They are commonly used to incorporate smooth effects into models via s...

All my ecology peeps slinging the GAM(M)s might find this paper interesting. I was surprised to learn there is a frequentist interpretation of GAM(M)s! (jk) besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Now accepting applicants for 25-26 intake of our #StatisticalEcology MSc: bit.ly/3ooHNyc. A unique opportunity to develop skills at the interface of #statistics and #ecology (some partial scholarships available too). Please help me share!

PhD alert!!! I am advertising a PhD position in spatial modelling. If you want to enjoy data fusion in spatial modelling this is your place. If you want to know more about this project about statistical ecology with pretty pictures drop me an email!! Some info here: www.exeter.ac.uk/v8media/recr...

We just posted our first round of fully funded interdisciplinary challege-led projects!

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PhDs available at: @aberdeenunilib.bsky.social, @durhamuniversity.bsky.social, @glasgowunisrc.bsky.social, @uniofstandrews.bsky.social, @ukri.org

Ecosystem Knowledge Should Replace Coexistence and Stability Assumptions in Ecological Network Modelling - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology Quantitative population modelling is an invaluable tool for identifying the cascading effects of conservation on an ecosystem. When population data from monitoring programs is not available, determini...

In true academic style, I'm finishing my new years resolutions just before due date.

The ideas behind this paper have been my passion project since day 1 of my PhD, and I'm pleased to announce that it's finally published!

doi.org/10.1007/s115...
@chris-drovandi.bsky.social

I wrote a thing about using the gratia 📦 for #RStats, which makes working with #GAMs and the mgcv 📦 a little easier and, dare I say, prettier

#mgcvchat #ggplot2

Photo of Campbell's monkeys sat in trees. New Research. Joint spatial modeling of cluster size and density for a heavily hunted primate persisting in a heterogeneous landscape. Andrew Houldcroft et al. (2024) Ecography.

New Paper! 🐒🌍🦤🧪

@andyhouldcroft.bsky.social built upon his MSc Conservation & Biodiversity project to develop a mapping model using monkeys in Guinea Bissau which aims to boost conservation & promote human-wildlife coexistence
@uniexecec.bsky.social #ExeterGSES

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JOB OFFER: Postdoctoral researcher on biodiversity modelling and scenario development @ipbes.bsky.social @biodiversaplus.bsky.social @creaf.cat creaf.factorialhr.com/job_posting/...

Long-term and large-scale multispecies dataset tracking population changes of common European breeding birds - Scientific Data Measurement(s) population Technology Type(s) Count Factor Type(s) time scale • geographic location Sample Characteristic - Organism Aves Sample Characteristic - Location Europe Machine-accessible meta...

15 000 fieldworkers | 28 countries | decades of effort | 170 #bird species🐦

Data paper on European long-term population changes in #birds: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Data: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

#ornithology

Some art to introduce my seminar next week about spatial models in forest ecosystems. Not everything is going to be formulae!

If you're looking for a gentle introduction to fit linear mixed models with R, with lots of examples, data & code available, here's one below. And not just another paper, just realized this one actually cites a Marvel’s comic book: cool-geek level unlocked :) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

📚 Spatial Statistics for #datascience w/ #rstats

Chapter 1: Spatial Data Types
🔹 Areal: aggregated number of events (disease counts)
🔹 Geostatistical: observations at known locations (air pollution)
🔹 Point patterns: event locations (fires, trees)

Examples 👉 www.paulamoraga.com/book-spatial...

3D plots showing how the value of information is often low and only high when an analytic condition is met. See the paper in link for a full description

Plots showing how the value of information depends on the number of actions and states, with more actions and states often leading to higher value of information. See the paper in the link for a full description

When do you need to collect more data? ... surprisingly, more data often has little value for decisions. Our new paper unravels why "Value of Information Analyses" can yield surprising results in #ecology doi.org/10.1111/2041... w @katehelmstedt.bsky.social in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social 🌍

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I would love to be added please!

PhD alert!!! I am advertising a PhD position in spatial modelling in ecology. If you want to have fun trying to understand ecological processes applying cool models with pretty pictures drop me an email!!
More info in the link (project 3)

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