Course – 1st Edition
Ecological Niche Modelling and Comparative Macroecology using ENMTools
January 14th-18th, 2019, Valencia (Spain)
Ecology
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Course overview
In this workshop the instructors will review the basics of Ecological Niche Modelling, focusing on the pros and cons of each type of model.
They will be introduced to new aspects of the ENMTools R package that streamline the ENM process and implement new methods for model visualization and evaluation. Then they will move forward into comparative macroecology, learning how to compare different models and test hypotheses regarding patterns of niche evolution and the environmental significance of biogeographic boundaries. Finally, students will learn new age-overlap correlation functions that allow us to visualize and test patterns of range overlap, niche overlap, and species co-occurrence in the context of a phylogeny.
This workshop will be hands-on, with practical exercises and time for discussion of students´ case study and data.
Students are encouraged to bring their own data to analyse.
Requirements
Graduate or postgraduate degree in Life or Earth Sciences.
Basic knowledge of R, Ecological Niche Modeling and statistics.
All participants must bring their own personal laptop. We would like to encourage participants to bring along their own data.
Contact
LOCATION
DATE
January 14th-18th, 2019
LANGUAGE
English
COURSE LENGTH & ECTS
35 hours on-site.
This course is equivalent to 2 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) at the Life Science Zurich Graduate School.
The recognition of ECTS by other institutions depends on each university or school.
PLACES
Places are limited to 20 participants and will be occupied by strict registration order.
Participants who have completed the course will receive a certificate at the end of it.
Dr. Neftalí Sillero
Centro de Investigação em Ciências Geo-Espaciais
Portugal
Dr. Dan Warren
Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center
Germany
Dr. Ana Rosa Gómez-Cano
Transmitting Science
Spain
Dr. Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno
Transmitting Science
Spain
Contact: courses@transmittingscience.com
Program
Daily Program
Monday, January 14th, 2019.
- Organization and introductions.
- Installing packages.
- Spatial data in R.
- Point data, vector data, and raster data.
- GBIF, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
- Interacting with Google Maps.
- Working with raster and vector data.
Tuesday, January 15th, 2019.
- Review of ENM theory and applications.
- Conceptual and practice steps to calculate ENM.
- Applications of ENMs.
- Problems on ENM + ENM methods.
- Dismo practice.
- Simulating species occurrence data: virtual species.
Wednesday, January 16th, 2019.
- ENMs with ENMTools.
- Bioclim.
- Domain.
- GLM.
- GAM.
- Maxent.
- Random forest.
- Boosted regression trees.
- Poisson point process models.
Thursday, January 17th, 2019.
- Measuring niche breadth on ENMs.
- Measuring niche overlap on ENMs.
- Monte Carlo methods: conceptual overview.
- Identity tests.
- Background tests.
- Rangebreak tests
Friday, January 18th, 2019.
- Ecospat tests via ENMTools.
- Pairwise MOSES tests for taxonomic scale.
- Age-range correlation.
- Age-overlap correlation.
- Student projects
Fees
- Course Fee
- Early bird (until January 31st, 2020):
- 545 € *
(436 € for Ambassador Institutions) - Regular (after January 31st, 2020):
- 634 € *
(507.20 € for Ambassador Institutions) - This includes course material, coffee breaks and lunches (VAT included).
* Participants from companies/industry will have an extra charge of 100 €.
- Course Fee + Accommodation Package
- Early bird (until January 31st, 2020):
- 895 €*
(786 € for Ambassador Institutions)
- Regular (after January 31st, 2020):
- 984 €*
(857.20 € for Ambassador Institutions) - This includes course material, coffee breaks, transportation between the Venue and Heraklion, accommodation from Sunday to Friday, breakfasts, lunches and dinners (VAT included).
* Participants from companies/industry will have an extra charge of 100 €.
You can check the list of Ambassador Institutions. If you want your institution to become a Transmitting Science Ambassador please contact us at communication@transmittingscience.com
Schedule
Course Schedule
Participants will make their own way
- Wednesday to Sunday:
- 9:30 to 13:30 Lessons.
- 13:30 to 15:00 Lunch (included).
- 15:00 to 18:00 Lessons.
The class schedule is approximate; it is possible that the content of one day may run into the next and a working day may be longer than advertised.
Course + Accommodation Package Schedule
- Tuesday:
- 19:00 Meeting point in Estación del Norte (Valencia train station) to take the bus to Grao de Gandía.
- 20:00 Registration at the Hotel.
- 20:30 Dinner.
- Wednesday to Saturday:
- 08:00 to 09:00 Breakfast
- 9:30 to 13:30 Lessons
- 13:30 to 15:00 Lunch (included)
- 15:00 to 18:00 Lessons
- 20:30 Dinner
- Sunday:
- 8:00 to 9:00 Breakfast.
- 9:30 to 13:30 Lessons
- 13:30 to 15:00 Lunch (included)
- 15:00 to 18:00 Lessons
- 18:00 Meeting point in the Venue to take the bus to Valencia city.
- 19:00 Arrival at Estación del Norte (Valencia train station).
Valencia train station is connected with Valencia Airport by subway. There will be more information about how to get there soon.
The class schedule is approximate; it is possible that the content of one day may run into the next and a working day may be longer than advertised.
Accommodation
If you take the Accommodation Package you will be hosted in the Cibeles Hotel, in single-sex shared dormitories (2 – 3 people) with bathroom en-suite.
A supplemental charge will be added if you prefer to stay in a single room.
Accommodation is included from Sunday (check-in) to Friday (check-out). Breakfast, lunch and dinner are also provided during the week, starting from the dinner of Sunday to lunch of Friday (included).
Hotel Cibeles is located at 3 blocks from the Venue and 3 blocks from the beach.
More information
The Accommodation Package includes transportation from the centre of Heraklion to the venue and back, at the start and end of the course, respectively. The trip takes around 1 hour 50 minutes each way. If you require transportation from or to Chania (the other city of Crete with an airport), please contact the course coordinator who can arrange it at an additional cost.
If you do not wish to take the Accommodation Package, you can find a few other options in the surrounding area. However, please be aware that access to and travelling around the area requires a private vehicle as public transport is scarce. Therefore, course participants will find choosing the Accommodation Package more convenient.
Funding
Discounts are not cumulative and apply only on the Course Fee. We offer the possibility of paying in two instalments (contact courses@transmittingscience.com).
5 % Discount
Former participants will have a 5 % discount on the Course Fee.
20 % Discount
20 % discount on the Course Fee is offered for members of some organizations (Ambassador Institutions). If you want to apply to this discount please indicate it in the Registration form (proof will be asked later).
40 % Discount
Unemployed scientists living in the country were the course will be held, as well as PhD students based in that country without any grant or scholarship to develop their PhD, could benefit from a 40 % discount on the Course Fee. If you want to ask for this discount, please contact the course coordinator. That would apply for a maximum of 2 places and they will be covered by strict inscription order.
