We encourage ecologists going to Baltimore and who are studying plants (and animals - see below), demography, and/or comparative methods to sign up for this workshop to take place Sat 8th August 12-5pm - http://eco.confex.com/eco/2015/webprogram/Session10696.html
Large-scale comparative analyses of demographic traits can help us ask novel and exciting research questions. Analyzing such biggish data allows us to explore life-history evolution across diverse taxonomic groups, study population dynamics in different biomes and devise conservation strategies for a changing environment. However, these analyses require large repositories of data on vital rates. The COMPADRE Plant Matrix Database collates such information in the form of matrix population models for currently over 500 plant species and over 5,600 matrix models. This database contains vital rate information for thousands of plants and stores this information alongside important ecological meta-data. The workshop COMPADRE: The Era of Comparative Plant Demography at the upcoming ESA conference will present this open-access resource and the tools for using it such that you can easily use COMPADRE for your research. In addition, participants will be given a beta version of the soon-to-be-launched COMADRE Animal Matrix Database, which in its first version will contain ca. 400 animal species. For more info, contact us at [email protected] or [email protected] cheers, rob salguero-gomez "Aliud iter ad prosperitatem nos est: id est omnibus rebus vincere" .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Rob Salguero-Gómez, PhD ARC DECRA fellow Research fellow of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research http://sites.google.com/site/RobResearchSite/
