Instructor: Caleb Roberts

Welcome!

This is the course website for Ecological Modeling. Navigate through the tabs above to find the lab exercises and homeworks for the course.

Course Goals

Students will be able to:

  • Identify and summarize statistical results as presented in peer reviewed articles
  • Use R to conduct model-based analyses of ecological data
  • Combine statistical results and ecological knowledge to support a conclusion
  • Evaluate the presentation of statistical results as written

Texts

(all texts are freely-available in electronic format) -

  • Zuur et al. 2009: Mixed effects models and extensions in ecology with R
  • Hobbs and Hooten 2015: Bayesian Models: A Statistical Primer for Ecologists
  • Additional outside readings will be assigned in class and made available via Blackboard.