COS 74 - Modeling 2

Presentations:

• 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM EDT

  Mechanisms of species coexistence in polyrhythmic environments
  

  Presenting Author: Alexa M. Scott – University of Guelph

  Coauthor: Carling Bieg, n/a – University of Guelph

  Coauthor: Bailey McMeans – University of Toronto Mississauga

  Coauthor: KEVIN S. MCCANN – University of Guelph
• 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM EDT

  Utilizing Google Trends data to predict Lyme disease incidence in the United States
  

  Presenting Author: Lauren Wisnieski, MS, PhD – Lincoln Memorial University

  Coauthor: Vina Faulkner, DVM, PhD – Lincoln Memorial University

  Coauthor: Barbara Shock, MS, PhD – Lincoln Memorial University

  Coauthor: Karen Gruszynski, DVM, MPH, PhD, DACVPM – Lincoln Memorial University
• 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM EDT

  itsdm: Isolation Forest-based presence-only species distribution modeling and explanation in R
  

  Presenting Author: Lei Song – Clark University

  Coauthor: Lyndon Estes – Clark University
• 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM EDT

  CANCELLED - Managing with logic: A Bayesian causal network assessment using the critical list of variables for sustaining the commons in the Monarch Reserve
  

  Presenting Author: Mira Mishkin, n/a – Independent

  Coauthor: Gregory Kiker, Ph.D. – University of Florida
• 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM EDT

  A framework for predicting species abundances from distributional patterns of presences and absences: simulation and empirical tests
  

  Presenting Author: Alienor Stahl – Concordia University

  Coauthor: Eric Pedersen – Concordia University

  Coauthor: Pedro Peres-Neto – Concordia University
• 11:15 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

  Assimilating ecological theory with empiricism: Using constrained generalized additive models to enhance survival analyses.
  

  Presenting Author: Alison C. Ketz – Wisconsin Cooperative Research Unit, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison

  Coauthor: Daniel J. Storm – Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

  Coauthor: Rachel E. Barker – Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison

  Coauthor: Anthony D. Apa – Colorado Parks and Wildlife

  Coauthor: Cristian Oliva-Aviles – Genentech

  Coauthor: Daniel P. Walsh – U.S. Geological Survey Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit