Invited Papers
| Abundance-based similarity indices and their estimation when there are unseen species in samples | Abstract |
| Anne Chao |
| Capture-recapture data analysis in ecology: where we are and how we get there | Abstract |
| Ken Burnham |
| How Bayes is changing environmental science: Application to climate change and the biodiversity paradox | Abstract |
| James Clark |
| Sampling Processes, Statisticians, and the Growth of Ecological Knowledge | Abstract |
| Jim Nichols |
| Mixture Models in Capture-Recapture | Abstract |
| Shirley Pledger |
| Multievent: the capture-recapture of uncertain states | Abstract |
| Roger Pradel |
| Designed experiments in Mark-Recapture | Abstract |
| Carl Schwarz |
Mark-Recapture
| Adult survival and capture heterogeneity | Abstract |
| David Fletcher, Jean-Dominique Lebreton, Olivier Gimenez, Michael Schaub |
| Structural equation modelling for mark-recapture data | Abstract |
| Olivier Gimenez, Arnaud Gregoire, Sarah Cubaynes, Tycho Anker-Nilssen, Vladimir Grosbois |
| Incorporating Genotype Uncertainty Into Mark-recapture-type Models For Estimating Abundance Using DNA Samples | Abstract |
| Richard Barker, Janine Wright |
| Monthly Analysis of Teal Ring-Recovery Data | Abstract |
| Diana Josephine Cole, P. Takis Besbeas, Byron Morgan |
| Simultaneous specification of transience and trap-dependence effects in multi-state models | Abstract |
| Norman Ratcliffe, Morten Frederiksen |
| Using multi-strata models and potential function analyses to determine the site fidelity of a high elevation, mountain yellow-legged frog | Abstract |
| Kathleen Matthews |
| Estimating stock proportions in Fraser River salmon runs | Abstract |
| Carolyn M Huston |
| Residuals and Goodness-of-Fit Testing for General Open Capture-Recapture Models | Abstract |
| Trent L. McDonald, Eric V. Regehr |
| Age-specific Estimation of Demographic Rates for Animals of Unknown Age | Abstract |
| Eleni Matechou |
| Estimating distributions of correlated individual life-history traits from mark-recapture data | Abstract |
| Torbjørn Ergon, Hans J Skaug |
| Dealing with complex variability in demographic traits using hierarchical Bayesian multi-state mark-recapture models | Abstract |
| Anna M Calvert, Ian D Jonsen, Joanna M Flemming, Philip D Taylor, Sandra Walde |
| Estimating exploitation rates using multi-state mark-recapture methods incorporating tag loss | Abstract |
| Laura Cowen |
| Abundance, mortality and population growth rate from successive aerial photographic surveys of bowhead whales with variable degree of marking: estimates and convergence rates | Abstract |
| Tore Schweder, Dinara Sadykova |
| Mark-Recature Modelling and Ring Mis-Reading | Abstract |
| Alison Johnston, Rhys Green |
| Conditional analysis with a reducing reporting probability | Abstract |
| Daniel Ian Brown, Byron Morgan, Ian Jolliffe, Rob Robinson |
| Adjusting for state uncertainty using a robust capture-recapture design | Abstract |
| William L Kendall, James E Hines |
| Embedding population dynamics in mark-recapture models. | Abstract |
| Jon Bishop |
| On the Bayesian Estimation of a Closed Population Size in the Presence of Heterogeneity and Model Uncertainty | Abstract |
| Ruth King |
Distance Sampling
| Variance estimation for systematic designs in strip or line transect sampling | Abstract |
| Rachel Fewster |
| Combined method of road count survey with distance sampling point count technique for census of wintering raptors | Abstract |
| Stoyan Chavdarov Nikolov |
| Application of nocturnal distance sampling to monitoring ungulates: comparison of conventional analysis and density surface modelling | Abstract |
| Barbara Franzetti, Francesca Ronchi, Paola Aragano, Roberta Calmanti, Marianne Scacco, Stefano Focardi |
| A simulation approach to plan distance sampling surveys of chamois in the Italian Alps | Abstract |
| Valentina La Morgia, Luisa Discalzo, Guido Badino |
| A mixture model approach to distance sampling detection functions | Abstract |
| David Lawrence Miller, Len Thomas |
| Incorporating density gradients in distance sampling surveys | Abstract |
| Tiago A. Marques, David L Borchers, Steve T. Buckland |
Abundance Estimation Techniques
| Extensions of Statistical Population Reconstruction to Small Game and Big Game Species with Pooled Age Classes | Abstract |
| John R. Skalski, Richard L. Townsend, Kristin M. Broms |
| Hierarchical Models for Estimating Density from DNA Mark - Recapture Studies | Abstract |
| Beth Gardner, J. Andrew Royle |
| Estimating population size by means of mark-resighting counts: theoretical considerations and empirical results | Abstract |
| Lorenzo Fattorini, Marzia Marcheselli, Caterina Pisani |
| Assessing animal abundance using Royle-Nichols occupancy based model: Sign surveys of forest ungulates | Abstract |
| Arjun M Gopalaswamy, K Ullas Karanth, N Samba Kumar |
| Estimating the abundance of Asiatic elephants based on dung piles: survey methods and statistical models | Abstract |
| sivaram Muniandy, Ramachandran Kozhikkott Kizhakkemadham, Jayson Eluvathingal Antony, Nair Purushothaman Vijayakumar |
| Comparison of two new abundance estimators based on hierarchical models of counts and territory encounter histories | Abstract |
| Marc Manuel Marton Kery |
| Estimating scale-dependent hierarchical variations and longitudinal distribution of stream fish abundance--Datun stream, Taiwan | Abstract |
| Yung-Chieh Wang, Yu-Pin Lin, Ta-Hsiang Cho, Cheng-Long Wang |
| Model for combining genetic sampling, camera traps, and telemetry data: estimating black bear density in Middle Georgia, USA | Abstract |
| Jamie Skvarla Sanderlin, Michael J. Conroy |
| Taking account of the hierarchical structure of wildlife when modelling species distribution and abundance: the case of Auks in the Bay of Biscay | Abstract |
| Edwige Bellier, Pascal Monestiez, Grégoire Certain, joël Chadœuf, Vincent Bretagnolle |
| On using checklist data and occupancy models to compare abundance in and outside of protected areas | Abstract |
| Birgit Erni, Res Altwegg |
| Modelling Krill densities using thin-plate regression splines and the branch-and-bound algorithm | Abstract |
| Martin Cox, Monique Mackenzie |
| Combined model- and sample design-based estimation of estuarine fish populations | Abstract |
| Ken B. Newman |
Monitoring Biodiversity
| Detecting declines in virtual bird populations using List Length Analysis | Abstract |
| Judit K Szabo, Peter Baxter, Chris Wilcox, Peter Anton Vesk, Yohay Carmel, Hugh Possingham |
| Measuring variation of local biodiversity in space | Abstract |
| Janine Baerbel Illian |
| Using presence data collected by the public to monitor interannual variation in population abundance | Abstract |
| Tord Snäll |
| Statistics and sea monsters | Abstract |
| Charles George Paxton |
| Goodness-of-fit statistics as measures of biodiversity | Abstract |
| Steve T Buckland, Angelika C Studeny |
| Now you see them...a study of tigers and their prey | Abstract |
| Martin Spencer Ridout, Rachel Sara Borysiewicz, Matthew Linkie, Byron John Treharne Morgan |
Survey Design and Analysis
| The implications of using animal signs that decay to determine species' presence/absence: a koala case study | Abstract |
| Jonathan Roger Rhodes, Daniel Lunney, Chris Moon, Alison Matthews, Clive A McAlpine |
| Occupancy Estimation within an Adaptive Sampling Design: Evaluation of an Integrated Estimator for Rare or Elusive Species | Abstract |
| Krishna Pacifici, Michael Conroy, Robert Cooper, James Peterson |
| Searching for an environmental weed | Abstract |
| Meghan Williams, Jennifer A. Brown |
| Optimal designs for the multinomial mixture model: a power analysis. | Abstract |
| Wendell Oscar Challenger, Carl James Schwarz |
| Monte Carlo inference for state-space models of wild animal populations | Abstract |
| Carmen Fernandez, Ken Newman, Len Thomas, Steve Buckland |
| Heterogeneity in Integrated Population Modelling | Abstract |
| Panagiotis Takis Besbeas, Byron John Treharne Morgan |
Modelling Spatial Trends
| Modelling spatial distribution of wildlife populations: coupling a non-stationary hierarchical model with geostatistics | Abstract |
| Pascal Monestiez, Edwige Bellier, Christophe Guinet |
| Assessing spatial variation in abundance of forest ungulates using distance sampling with hierarchical models | Abstract |
| N Samba Kumar, J Andrew Royle, Beth Gardner, James D Nichols, K Ullas Karanth |
| A Moving Average Approach for Spatial Statistical Models of Stream Networks | Abstract |
| Jay M Ver Hoef |
| Not Too Fast! Tempering Species Distribution Models with Biological Realism | Abstract |
| Joseph Daniel Chipperfield |
| Density surface modelling of harbour porpoise in the North Sea | Abstract |
| Louise Burt, Charles G M Paxton, Philip S Hammond |
| Developing models for the spatial distribution of lizard orchids (Himantoglossum hircinum). | Abstract |
| David Miller |
| Correction for Radio Tracking Detection Bias in Estimation of Resource Selection Functions | Abstract |
| Lyman L McDonald, Ryan M Nielson, Bryan F J Manly, Hall Sawyer |
| A general approach for modelling clustered line transect data, applied to a complex dataset | Abstract |
| Sharon L Hedley, Mark V Bravington, Simon N Wood |
| Climate and the range dynamics of species with imperfect detection | Abstract |
| Res Altwegg, Brigit Erni, Marius Wheeler |
| On a new stochastic method for spatial extrapolation of sampling data: application to olive fruit fly population data | Abstract |
| Markos Avlonitis |
| The use of DNA-profiles in studies of wildlife populations | Abstract |
| Hans Julius Skaug |
| Using Bayesian state space models of Northwest Atlantic Grey Seal population dynamics to estimate population size and optimal harvest strategies | Abstract |
| Len Thomas, Mike O Hammill, W Don Bowen |
Integrated Population Modelling
| An Integrated Approach to Modelling Constant Effort Ringing Data. | Abstract |
| Vanessa Cave, Ruth King, Stephen Freeman |
| Estimating breeding frequency from laying dates: a mixture model approach | Abstract |
| Thomas Cornulier, David Elston, Peter Arcese, Tim Benton, Xavier Lambin, Rob A. Robinson, Jane Reid, William Sutherland |
| Modeling population trends by combining information from multiple time series | Abstract |
| Philip Michael Dixon, David Otis, John Sauer |
| What is the impact of violating the independence assumption in integrated population modelling? A simulation study | Abstract |
| Fitsum Abadi Gebreselassie, Olivier Gimenez, Michael Schaub |
| Integrated Population Modelling: Violating assumptions of Independence | Abstract |
| Rachel Sara Borysiewicz |
| Spatial and temporal dynamics of the Soay sheep population | Abstract |
| Chiara Mazzetta, Byron Morgan, Tim Coulson |
Stochastic Population Dynamics Modelling
| State-Space Population Viability Modeling for Alabama Beach Mice | Abstract |
| Jonathan P Runge, Michael J Conroy, Christopher J Fonnesbeck |
| Spatio-temporal dynamics of predator-prey dynamics, or, Why are my voles cycling? | Abstract |
| Robert Brian O'Hara |
| Joint estimation of reaction norm, selective survival and reproduction cost in Atlantic salmon: a Bayesian State Space modeling approach of CMR data | Abstract |
| mathieu Buoro, Etienne Prevost, Olivier Gimenez |
| A Bayesian approach to model Atlantic salmon lifecycle in the Foyle catchment (Northern Ireland) | Abstract |
| Guillaume Dauphin, Etienne Prevost |
| Parameter estimation for a nonlinear functional response in a stochastic predator-prey system | Abstract |
| Fernanda D'Ippoliti, Gianni Gilioli, Sara Pasquali |
| Spatial structure and population dynamics in fragmented landscapes | Abstract |
| Phil John Harrison |
| Towards reanalysis data sets of species abundance and occurrence | Abstract |
| Emiel van Loon, Willem Bouten |
| Multiscale metapopulation dynamics | Abstract |
| Chaozhi Zheng |
| Hierarchical-models in ecology: Confidence intervals and hypothesis testing using data cloning. | Abstract |
| Jose M. Ponciano, Mark L. Taper, Brian Dennis, Subhash R. Lele |
| Random effects quasi-likelihood population dynamics models based on proportion-at-age and removal data | Abstract |
| Verena Trenkel, Mark V Bravington |
| Spatially-Explicit Stochastic Modeling of Oyster Population Dynamics in The Chesapeake Bay, USA | Abstract |
| Mary C Christman |
| Dispersal Strategies and Population Persistence of Liniphiid spiders | Abstract |
| Leah Johnson |
Stochastic Modelling of Animal Movement
| Modeling movement data with Bayesian state-space approaches | Abstract |
| Otso Ovaskainen |
| Invasion of the Birdie-snatchers: A Genetic Case Study of a Historical Island Rat Invasion | Abstract |
| Steven Duncan Miller, Rachel Mary Fewster, Hamish MacInnes |
| Stochastic Movement in Heterogeneous Environments | Abstract |
| Paul Gavin Blackwell, Keith Harris |
| Bayesian analysis of the multimodal bird behaviour in orientation cage tests | Abstract |
| Krzysztof Jacek Mus |
| Estimation and inference for locational data collected in studies of home range | Abstract |
| Bruce James Worton |
| State space model for light based geolocation. | Abstract |
| Anders Nielsen, John Sibert |
Management, conservation, and control
| The Rue of the 'Roo - A Bayesian Model-based Framework for Monitoring and Managing Population Control | Abstract |
| Yung En Chee, Brendan Anthony Wintle |
| Landfill Sites Are Giant Bird Tables | Abstract |
| Aonghais Cook, Steven Rushton, John Allan |
| Optimal allocation of surveillance resources for pest management | Abstract |
| Cindy Hauser |
| Modelling habitat preferences of sea turtles | Abstract |
| Michelle Sims, Jason Roberts, Pat Halpin |
| Optimal Conservation Decision-making Using Reinforcement Learning | Abstract |
| Christopher J. Fonnesbeck, Julien Martin, James D. Nichols, James E. Hines, Simon Chamaillé-Jammes, Hervé Fritz |
| Modelling the Survival of Bighorn Sheep | Abstract |
| Lauren Oliver |
Population management and abundance estimation
| Combining data from multiple sources to estimate catch at age, usinga Bayesian hierarchical model | Abstract |
| David John Hirst, Geir Olve Storvik, Hanne Rognebakke, Magne Aldrin, Colin Millar |
| Bayesian Parentage and Dispersal Estimation in Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra) | Abstract |
| Emily Victoria Moran, James S Clark |
| Integrated analysis in fisheries stock assessment | Abstract |
| Mark Nicholas Maunder |
| Tradeoffs or silver-spoons in silvereyes? | Abstract |
| Jonas Knape, Niclas Jonzén, Martin Sköld, Jiro Kikkawa, Hamish McCallum |
| Challenges with Using Mark-Recapture Methods to Estimate Songbird Abundance | Abstract |
| Duane R. Diefenbach, Matthew R. Marshall, Glenn E. Stauffer |
| Integrated Data Analysis in the Presence of Emigration and Mark Loss | Abstract |
| Toby Reynolds |
Posters
| Modelling alternating sequences of motion and pausing | Abstract |
| Curtis Miller, Mary Christman |
| Distance sampling as a cost-effective approach to estimate deer populations: optimisation of study design at large scales | Abstract |
| Valentina La Morgia, Stefano Focardi, Roberta Calmanti, Alessandro Calabrese |
| Program Distance: Recent developments in analysis and design capabilities for plant and animal population estimation | Abstract |
| Len Thomas, David Borchers, Steve Buckland, Jeff Laake, Eric Rexstad |
| A quick method for incorporating variance uncertainty into power calculations | Abstract |
| Michelle Sims, David Elston |
| Estimating abundance of the Key Largo woodrat | Abstract |
| Joanne Potts, Steve Buckland, Len Thomas, Anne Savage |
| WiSP package as a study design tool for abundance estimation | Abstract |
| Eric Rexstad, David Borchers, Walter Zucchini, Daniel Adler |
| Distance sampling with measurement errors | Abstract |
| David Borchers, Tiago Marques, Thorvaldur Gunnlaugsson, Gisli Vikingsson |
| Factors affecting detectability of an endangered vulture | Abstract |
| Patricia Mateo Tomás, Pedro P. Olea |
| A design-based approach to k-NN technique in forest inventories | Abstract |
| Federica Baffetta, Lorenzo Fattorini, Sara Franceschi |
| Estimating the abundance of whales using information from sparse arrays of sea-bed mounted hydrophones. | Abstract |
| Danielle Harris |
| Confidence bounds for binomial rates when no events occur - inference from more than one set of observations | Abstract |
| Ian Westbrooke |
| Multivariable analysis on the morphometry of locusta migratoria | Abstract |
| Khedidja Djeddour |
| Recent advances in estimating complex capture-recapture data in the presence of multiple tagging and tag-loss | Abstract |
| Sophie Caroline Smout, Ruth King, Patrick Pomeroy |
| Population estimation of Procellariiformes with minimal demographic information | Abstract |
| Peter W Dillingham, David Fletcher |
| Expected and observed spatial patterns of the genus Phlomis in Mediterranean Ecosystems of Crete (Greece) | Abstract |
| Michail Bariotakis, Luciana Georgescu, Eleytherios Zouros, Stergios Pirintsos |
| The probable impact of climate change and atmospheric pollution on sugar maple populations, Lake Superior Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada | Abstract |
| David Goldblum |
| Spatially adaptive regression splines using a heuristic algorithm | Abstract |
| Monique Mackenzie, Cameron Walker, Carl Donovan, Mike O'Sullivan |
| The AD Model Builder Project | Abstract |
| Mark Maunder, Anders Nielsen, John Sibert |
| Electronic data collection and processing to improve precision and accuracy of perpendicular distance estimation in aerial surveys | Abstract |
| Matthew Joseph Schnupp, Joseph P. Sands, Fidel Hernandez, Stephen J. DeMaso, Leonard A. Brennan, Dale Rollins, Eric J. Redeker, Fred C. Bryant, Robert M. Perez, Trent W. Teinert |
| Transition matrix analyses of a New Caledonian conifer, Araucaria laubenfelsii, following ten years of growth remeasurement | Abstract |
| Lesley Rigg |
| Modeling the range of the Siberian marmot (Marmota sibirica) using Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) and boosted regression tree (BRT): Findings and Comments | Abstract |
| Karl Didier, Susan Townsend |
| Constructing a Bayesian state-space model of the population dynamics of British Song Thrushes | Abstract |
| Stephen Robert Baillie, Len Thomas, Ruth King |
| Bias Assessment in an Ad-Hoc Adaptive Marine Mammal Survey | Abstract |
| Carl Donovan |
| Using the hierarchical partitioning public-domain software in ecology and conservation | Abstract |
| Pedro P Olea |
| Modelling the spatial distribution of water plants for a potential future development of an urban floodplain | Abstract |
| Iris Baart, Alfred Paul Blaschke, Christine Habereder, Severin Hohensinner, Georg Janauer, Stefan Preiner, Walter Reckendorfer, Thomas Hein |
| Automated survey design in Distance | Abstract |
| Louise Burt, Len Thomas |
| Can organisms continue to improve their performance after maturity? Testing whether post-maturational enhancement is a real evolutionary strategy | Abstract |
| Maren Rebke |
| Application of mixed models analysis in litter decomposition assays | Abstract |
| Fernando Casanoves, Laura Pla, Julio A. Di Rienzo, Raúl Macchiavelli |
| Importance of various data sources in deterministic stock assessment models | Abstract |
| Amanda Rosalind Northrop |
| Estimating Uncertainty in Wildlife Population Estimates | Abstract |
| Jennifer Ann Brown, Lyman McDonald, Timothy Robinson |
| Estimation of abundance for patchily distributed populations via 2-stage, adaptive sampling | Abstract |
| Michael J Conroy, Jonathan P Runge, Richard Barker, Matthew R Schofield, Christopher J Fonnesbeck |
| Separating occupancy and use with multi-scale occupancy models | Abstract |
| Rua S Mordecai, Brady J Mattsson, Robert J Cooper |
| Estimating cetacean density from passive acoustic arrays | Abstract |
| Tiago A. Marques, Len Thomas |
| Multivariate Analysis of Rangeland vegetation in Relation to Edaphical and Physiographical Factors | Abstract |
| Saeed Mohtasham Nia |
| Probabilistic reaction norms | Abstract |
| Anna Kuparinen, Robert O'Hara, Juha Merilä |
| Capture-recapture: the first hundred years | Abstract |
| Rachel Borysiewicz, Byron Morgan |
| Do ringed swans fit the bill? A test for capture bias effects on survival estimates using individuals identified by both natural and artificial markings. | Abstract |
| Mark Trinder, Eileen Rees |