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Methods papers

New papers – problems with matrix models & measuring species richness

We have two new papers online this week: In the first, David Watson looks at the problem of measuring diversity in highly diverse vertebrate communities. He shows that methods usually used for arthropod communities can be applied to monitoring bird populations. The analyses he performed answered important questions, such as: what effort is required to completely inventory a site? And, what is the least effort … Continue reading New papers – problems with matrix models & measuring species richness

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Methods digest

Methods Digest – May 2010

Here is the latest methods digest:- In Evolution Marta Szulkin, Nicolas Bierne and Patrice David have  perspective piece on measuring correlations between fitness and heterozygosity. Günter Wagner introduces a new approach to measuring fitness. Max Shpak and colleagues introduce an approach to coalescent modelling in populations that are structured and fluctuate seasonally. Richard Reynolds and colleagues look at the problem of measuring selection gradients. Valério Pillar … Continue reading Methods Digest – May 2010

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Journal updates

Issue 2 is now online

Issue 2 of Methods in Ecology and Evolution is now online, the table of contents is here.  In this issue there are 14 new papers on: Statistical methods Monitoring & modelling plant populations Telemetry Entomology Modelling wildlife disease Building databases of life-history traits GIS methods One innovation is that we now have a correspondence site: http://www.respond2articles.com/mee/ From here you can send in correspondence about papers, … Continue reading Issue 2 is now online

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Journal updates, Meetings

Launch Symposium – going ahead!

A quick update – the Methods in Ecology and Evolution launch symposium is going ahead, despite the travel chaos resulting from the effects of the ash cloud emanating from the Icelandic volcano. There are some changes to the line-up as it is very likely that overseas speakers won’t be able to come along. The revised list of speakers is: Mark Pagel Owen Petchey Russ Lande … Continue reading Launch Symposium – going ahead!

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Methods Digest – March 2010

The first thing to point out this month is that issue 1 of the journal is now online here. To accompany the issue we have a podcast and a videocast. There is also now a  journal correspondence site to host feedback and discussion of published papers, more on this soon. The one day journal launch symposium is accepting bookings, with a good response so far. However … Continue reading Methods Digest – March 2010

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New papers – regression modelling and one-sided hypothesis testing

Two new papers on statistical methods are now available on “Early View”. The first is a paper by Holger Schielzeth on regression methods. In this paper Holger tries to raise awareness of the importance of standardizing and centring input variables before analysis in order to improve the interpretability of coefficients. There are various advantages to doing this, for example in obtaining the standard errors for … Continue reading New papers – regression modelling and one-sided hypothesis testing

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Methods Digest – February 2010

This monthly digest is a bit late as we have been busy writing an editorial and finalizing the running order for the first issue of the journal. That should be online in a couple of weeks. Pre-publication versions of papers are here, whilst an up-to-date list of accepted papers is here. The very latest updates are also available via Twitter and Facebook. In Ecology Letters, … Continue reading Methods Digest – February 2010

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Allometry, statistics, telemetry and physiology – new papers online

Four more papers have gone online this month and we are close to being able to put together the first issue of the journal! In the first new paper to be published Adrian Barnett and colleagues present a comparison of methods for selecting the correct variance structure for longitudinal data. This is likely to be of considerable interest as it is a paper about how … Continue reading Allometry, statistics, telemetry and physiology – new papers online

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Four new papers published in January

Four new papers have been published online this month. These cover a range of topics including ecological modelling, measuring diversity, detecting range shifts and physiological ecology. In the first paper, Gideon Gal and William Anderson outline a new method for detecting regime shift in ecosystems.  Regime shifts occur when the state of an ecosystem changes markedly and rapidly, usually with a dramatic shift in species … Continue reading Four new papers published in January

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Methods Digest – January 2010

A belated happy new year! Here is this month’s round-up of methods papers published in the last month. Do let me know if there are any papers that I have missed that could be featured. In Systematic Biology Brian O’Meara presents new heuristics for joint species delimitation and tree inference. A new comparative method for logistic regression controlling for phylogeny is outlined by Ives & … Continue reading Methods Digest – January 2010

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