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LIKELIHOOD METHODS IN ECOLOGY

 

April 2-6, 2012

Millbrook, New York

 

 

INSTRUCTOR: 

Dr. Charles D. Canham, email: canhamc@caryinstitute.org

 

 

 

ADDITIONAL COURSE MATERIALS (posted as needed)

 

 

R Packages [right click and “save as…”]

Likelihood package (version 1.6):   [Zip file version for PCs]   [Tar.Gz file version for Macs]

 

Likelihood Package:  PDF of Manual

 

 

R Tutorials and Manuals

Canham - Getting Started with R

CRAN – An Introduction to R

CRAN – R data import and export

CRAN – R Installation

Ellner – An Introduction to R

Short – R Reference Card

 

Sample Dataset

BC Sapling Growth Data

 

Program Editor

Tinn-R

 

Lab Project Files

 R Scripts: Project Scripts     Project Analysis Functions

 

Datasets:  ABBA  ACRU  ACSA  BEAL  CAGL  FAGR  LITU  PIST  QUAL  QURU

 

Dataset Documentation:  FIA User Manual   

 

Supplemental Material: Excel file with results from Canham and Thomas (2010)

 

Literature:  Schenk 1996 – Modeling the effects of temperature on growth

Canham et al. 2006 – Tree competition along environmental gradients

Canham and Thomas 2010 – Frequency and Abundance along climate gradients

Thomas et al 2010 – Effects of N deposition

 

 

 

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