Call for abstracts, International Statistical Ecology Conference, St. Andrews Scotland 9-11 July 2008
Abstracts are now being accepted for this conference, jointly sponsored by the National Centre for Statistical Ecology and the University of St. Andrews. Our exciting list of internationally-known invited speakers is Ken Burnham, Anne Chao, James Clark, Jim Nichols, Shirley Pledger, Roger Pradel, and Carl Schwarz. We will have contributed papers sessions for which we invite abstracts in the areas of mark-recapture methods, distance sampling methods, other abundance estimation techniques, monitoring of biodiversity, survey design and analysis for estimating population trends, modelling of spatial trends in animal density, integrated population modelling, stochastic population dynamics modelling, stochastic multispecies modelling, and stochastic modelling of animal movement. The conference will be held in St. Andrews, 9-11 July 2008, just prior to the International Biometrics Congress in Dublin. Important dates for the International Statistical Ecology Conference are 18 January 2008 (abstract deadline), and early registration deadline 30 April 2008. Please visit our website http://www.creem.st-and.ac.uk/isec2008 to learn additional details relating to registration fees, accommodation, and travel. Also use this website to submit your abstract.
