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Why Simpler Models are Better

(this is the first in a possibly irregular series of posts about papers that catch my eye. I don’t intend to only cover MEE papers, but I had to start somewhere)

ResearchBlogging.orgA perennial worry for anyone building models for the real world is whether they actually represent the real world. If the whole process of finding and fitting a model has been done well, the model will represent the data. But the data is only part of the real world. How can we be sure our model will extrapolated beyond the data?
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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 – 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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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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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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