• Computer Modelling Workshops during the Predator-Prey conference

    Revelstoke Mountain Resort Revelstoke, BC, Canada

    Bruce McLellan:  Population modeling in EXCEL (and POPTOOLS) for the mathophobe EXCEL can be used to build mechanistic population models that are simple and understandable. Additions to these models that may make the modeller think realism is increased can easily be added. The EXCEL add on POPTOOLS enables many additions to simple models such as drawing […]

  • Using Resilience and Resistance Concepts to Manage Threats to Sagebrush Ecosystems and Sage-grouse

    Webinar

    Date and Time: April 29, 2016  12:30 pm Mountain / 11:30 am Pacific Hosts: Great Northern, Southern Rockies, and Great Basin Landscape Conservation Cooperatives Presenter: Jeanne Chambers, US Forest Service - Rocky Mountain Research Station Co-authors: Jeffrey L. Beck, Steve Campbell, John Carlson, Thomas J. Christiansen, Karen Clause, Jonathan B. Dinkins, Kevin E. Doherty, Kathleen […]

  • Fish Identification Course

    Selkirk College Castlegar, BC, Canada

    Start Date: May 10, 2016 End Date: May 11, 2016 Time: 9:30 am City: Castlegar, BC Venue: Selkirk College Instructor: Eric B. (Rick) Talor Course fee: $200 See Registration page HERE.  Register early as a maximum of 20 students may attend. Course Description The fresh waters of the world house spectacular diversity of freshwater fishes, […]

    $200
  • Spacially Explicit Capture-Recapture (SECR) Modeling

    Unnamed Venue Castlegar, BC, Canada

    SECR is used for estimating animal population density and related parameters. The method combines a spatial population model and a spatial (distance-dependent) detection model. It has been used extensively for the analysis of data from DNA hair snags, automatic cameras, and conventional traps. The main aim of this 3-day course is to give participants a […]

  • Factors Influencing Seasonal Migrations of Pronghorn Across the Northern Sagebrush Steppe

    Webinar

    Date and Time: Sept 14, 2016   12-1 pm Mountain / 11 am -12 pm Pacific Hosts: Great Northern and Plains and Prairie Potholes Landscape Conservation Cooperatives Speaker: Andrew Jakes, University of Montana Globally, grassland systems have received the highest impacts from human activities, and therefore management of these systems is important for ungulate conservation. […]