[R-sig-eco] COURSE - Advances in Spatial Analysis of Multivariate Ecological Data: Theory and Practice

Thu Mar 15 17:56:25 CET 2018

"Advances in Spatial Analysis of Multivariate Ecological Data: Theory 
and
Practice (MVSP03)"

We still have a few places left on the above course please use the link
below for full details.

http://bit.ly/2DqlIEWMULITVARIATE_ANALYSIS_OF_SPATIAL_DATA

This course will be delivered by Pierre Legendre and Guillaume Blanchet
from the 7th - 11th May 2018 in Quebec.

Course Overview:
The course will describe recent methods (concepts and R tools) that can 
be
used to analyse spatial patterns in community ecology. The umbrella 
concept
of the course is beta diversity, which is the spatial variation of
communities. These methods are applicable to all types of communities
(bacteria, plants, animals) sampled along transects, regular grids or
irregularly distributed sites. The new methods, collectively referred to 
as
spatial eigen-function analysis, are grounded into techniques commonly 
used
by community ecologists, which will be described first: simple 
ordination
(PCA, CA, PCoA), multivariate regression and canonical analysis,
permutation tests. The choice of dissimilarities that are appropriate 
for
community composition data will also be discussed. The focal question is 
to
determine how much of the community variation (beta diversity) is due to
environmental sorting and to community-based processes, including 
neutral
processes. Recently developed methods to partition beta diversity in
different ways will be presented. Extensions will be made to temporal 
and
space-time data.

Sunday 6th
Meet at Orford Musique approx. 18:30

Monday 7th – Classes from 09:00 to 17:00
Introduction to data analysis.
Ordination in reduced space: principal component analysis (PCA),
correspondence analysis (CA), principal coordinate analysis (PCoA).
Transformation of species abundance data tables prior to linear 
analyses.

Tuesday 8th – Classes from 09:00 to 17:00
Measures of similarity and distance, especially for community 
composition
data.
Multiple linear regression. R-square, adjusted R-square, AIC, tests of
significance.
Polynomial regression.
Partial regression and variation partitioning.

Wednesday 9th – Classes from 09:00 to 17:00
Statistical testing by permutation.
Canonical redundancy analysis (RDA) and canonical correspondence 
analysis
(CCA). Multivariate analysis of variance by canonical analysis.
Forward selection of environmental variables in RDA.

Thursday 10th – Classes from 09:00 to 17:00
Origin of spatial structures.
Beta diversity partitioning and LCBD indices
Replacement and richness difference components of beta diversity.

Friday 11th – Classes from 09:00 to 16:00
Spatial modelling: Multi-scale modelling of the spatial structure of
ecological communities: dbMEM, generalized MEM, and AEM methods.
Community surveys through space and time: testing the space-time
interaction in repeated surveys.
Additional module depending on time – Is the Mantel test useful for 
spatial
analysis in ecology and genetics?

Please check our sister sites

www.PRstatistics.com (Ecology and life sciences)
www.PRinformatice.com (Bioinformatics and data science)
www.PSstatistics.com (Behaviour and cognition)

and our other courses

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1.	February 19th – 23rd 2018
MOVEMENT ECOLOGY (MOVE01)
Margam Discovery Centre, Wales, Dr Luca Borger, Dr Ronny Wilson, Dr
Jonathan Potts
www.prstatistics.com/course/movement-ecology-move01/

2.	February 19th – 23rd 2018
GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS USING R (GMMR01)
Margam Discovery Centre, Wales, Prof. Dean Adams, Prof. Michael Collyer,
Dr. Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou
http://www.prstatistics.com/course/geometric-morphometrics-using-r-gmmr01/
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3.	March 5th - 9th 2018
SPATIAL PRIORITIZATION USING MARXAN (MRXN01)
Margam Discovery Centre, Wales, Jennifer McGowan
www.prstatistics.com/course/introduction-to-marxan-mrxn01/

4.	March 12th - 16th 2018
ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELLING USING R (ENMR02)
Glasgow, Scotland, Dr. Neftali Sillero
http://www.prstatistics.com/course/ecological-niche-modelling-using-r-
enmr02/

5.	March 19th – 23rd 2018
BEHAVIOURAL DATA ANALYSIS USING MAXIMUM LIKLIHOOD IN R (BDML01)
Glasgow, Scotland, Dr William Hoppitt
http://www.psstatistics.com/course/behavioural-data-analysis-using-maximum-
likelihood-bdml01/
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6.	April 9th – 13th 2018
NETWORK ANAYLSIS FOR ECOLOGISTS USING R (NTWA02
Glasgow, Scotland, Dr. Marco Scotti
www.prstatistics.com/course/network-analysis-ecologists-ntwa02/

7.	April 16th – 20th 2018
INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL MODELLING FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS USING R (IPSY01)
Glasgow, Scotland, Dr. Dale Barr, Dr Luc Bussierre
http://www.psstatistics.com/course/introduction-to-statistics-using-r-for-
psychologists-ipsy01/

8.	April 23rd – 27th 2018
MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES USING THE VEGAN PACKAGE
(VGNR01)
Glasgow, Scotland, Dr. Peter Solymos, Dr. Guillaume Blanchet
www.prstatistics.com/course/multivariate-analysis-of-ecological-communities-
in-r-with-the-vegan-package-vgnr01/

9.	April 30th – 4th May 2018
QUANTITATIVE GEOGRAPHIC ECOLOGY: MODELING GENOMES, NICHES, AND 
COMMUNITIES
(QGER01)
Glasgow, Scotland, Dr. Dan Warren, Dr. Matt Fitzpatrick
www.prstatistics.com/course/quantitative-geographic-ecology-using-r-
modelling-genomes-niches-and-communities-qger01/
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10.	May 7th – 11th 2018 ADVANCES IN MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF SPATIAL
ECOLOGICAL DATA USING R (MVSP02)
CANADA (QUEBEC), Prof. Pierre Legendre, Dr. Guillaume Blanchet
www.prstatistics.com/course/advances-in-spatial-analysis-of-multivariate-
ecological-data-theory-and-practice-mvsp03/
11.	May 14th - 18th 2018
INTRODUCTION TO MIXED (HIERARCHICAL) MODELS FOR BIOLOGISTS (IMBR01)
CANADA (QUEBEC), Prof Subhash Lele
www.prstatistics.com/course/introduction-to-mixed-hierarchical-models-for-
biologists-using-r-imbr01/

12.	May 21st - 25th 2018
INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON FOR BIOLOGISTS (IPYB05)
SCENE, Scotland, Dr. Martin Jones
http://www.prinformatics.com/course/introduction-to-python-for-biologists-
ipyb05/

13.	May 21st - 25th 2018
INTRODUCTION TO REMOTE SENISNG AND GIS FOR ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 
(IRMS01)
Glasgow, Scotland, Prof. Duccio Rocchini, Dr. Luca Delucchi
www.prinformatics.com/course/introduction-to-remote-sensing-and-gis-for-
ecological-applications-irms01/

14.	May 28th – 31st 2018
STABLE ISOTOPE MIXING MODELS USING SIAR, SIBER AND MIXSIAR (SIMM04)
CANADA (QUEBEC) Dr. Andrew Parnell, Dr. Andrew Jackson
www.prstatistics.com/course/stable-isotope-mixing-models-using-r-simm04/

15.	May 28th – June 1st 2018
ADVANCED PYTHON FOR BIOLOGISTS (APYB02)
SCENE, Scotland, Dr. Martin Jones
www.prinformatics.com/course/advanced-python-biologists-apyb02/
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16.	June 12th - 15th 2018
SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELLING (DBMR01)
Myuna Bay sport and recreation, Australia, Prof. Jane Elith, Dr. 
Gurutzeta
Guillera
www.prstatistics.com/course/species-distribution-models-using-r-sdmr01/

17.	June 18th – 22nd 2018
STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING FOR ECOLOGISTS AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGISTS
USING R (SEMR02)
Myuna Bay sport and recreation, Australia, Dr. Jon Lefcheck
www.prstatistics.com/course/structural-equation-modelling-for-ecologists-
and-evolutionary-biologists-semr02/

18.	June 25th – 29th 2018
SPECIES DISTRIBUTION/OCCUPANCY MODELLING USING R (OCCU01)
Glasgow, Scotland, Dr. Darryl McKenzie
www.prstatistics.com/course/species-distributionoccupancy-modelling-using-r-
occu01/
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19.	July 2nd - 5th 2018
SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS FOR BEHAVIOURAL SCIENTISTS USING R (SNAR01)
Glasgow, Scotland, Prof James Curley
http://www.psstatistics.com/course/social-network-analysis-for-behavioral-
scientists-snar01/

20.	July 8th – 12th 2018
MODEL BASE MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF ABUNDANCE DATA USING R (MBMV02)
Glasgow, Scotland, Prof David Warton
www.prstatistics.com/course/model-base-multivariate-analysis-of-abundance-
data-using-r-mbmv02/

21.	July 16th – 20th 2018
PRECISION MEDICINE BIOINFORMATICS: FROM RAW GENOME AND TRANSCRIPTOME 
DATA
TO CLINICAL INTERPRETATION (PMBI01)
Glasgow, Scotland, Dr Malachi Griffith, Dr. Obi Griffith
www.prinformatics.com/course/precision-medicine-bioinformatics-from-raw-
genome-and-transcriptome-data-to-clinical-interpretation-pmbi01/

22.	July 23rd – 27th 2018
EUKARYOTIC METABARCODING (EUKB01)
Glasgow, Scotland, Dr. Owen Wangensteen
http://www.prinformatics.com/course/eukaryotic-metabarcoding-eukb01/

23.	October 8th – 12th 2018
Multivariate analysis of spatial ecological data using R (MASE02)
Glasgow, Scotland, Prof. Subhash Lele
https://www.prstatistics.com/course/multivariate-analysis-of-spatial-
ecological-data-using-r-mase02/

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. Journal of animal ecology.

prstatistics.com
facebook.com/prstatistics/
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+44 (0) 7966500340

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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. Journal of animal ecology.

prstatistics.com
facebook.com/prstatistics/
twitter.com/PRstatistics
groups.google.com/d/forum/pr-statistics-post-course-forum
prstatistics.com/organiser/oliver-hooker/

6 Hope Park Crescent
Edinburgh
EH8 9NA

+44 (0) 7966500340