From gwhite@cnr.colostate.edu Mon Feb 10 11:10:14 2003 Received: from mxu7.u.washington.edu (mxu7.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.165]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.12) with ESMTP id h1AJACCK051420 for ; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 11:10:12 -0800 Received: from picea.cnr.colostate.edu (picea.cnr.colostate.edu [129.82.105.2]) by mxu7.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.12) with ESMTP id h1AJAAHT031185 for ; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 11:10:10 -0800 Received: from rawhide (caribou [129.82.184.101]) by picea.cnr.colostate.edu (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h1AJ9OJ04697 for ; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 12:09:24 -0700 (MST) Reply-To: From: "Gary C. White" To: "Conservation Biology List Server \(Conservation Biology List Server\)" Subject: Program MARK Workshop Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 12:14:42 -0700 Message-ID: <002501c2d138$aaa97040$65b85281@colostate.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report="NOSPAM_INC, SPAM_PHRASE_00_01, __EVITE_CTYPE, __HAS_MIMEOLE, __HAS_MSMAIL_PRI, __HAS_OUTLOOK_IN_MAILER, __HAS_X_MAILER, __HAS_X_PRIORITY" Intermediate-Level Program MARK Workshop June 2-6, 2003, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Supported by the Wildlife Management Institute This intermediate-level workshop will provide quantitative biologists = and statisticians with the statistical background to understand the = main-stream analyses performed by Program MARK, and the familiarity with the program = to perform these analyses. A mixture of lectures and laboratory exercises = will be provided. Participants will learn the basics of parameter estimation with likelihood theory, model selection with Akaike's Information = Criterion (AIC), and the binomial and multinomial distributions. The Cormack-Jolly-Seber (CJS) mark-recapture, band (tag or ring) recovery, = known fate, and closed captures models will be covered in detail. More = advanced models will be described so that participants will understand the = benefits of these models, but those models would not be covered extensively. Use = of covariates, including individual covariates, will be covered with the = CJS and band recovery models. The clientele for this workshop are biologists with past experience in = the analysis of data from marked animals. The content is aimed at providing = the participants with a solid background in the philosophy, theory, and = analysis of data from marked animals. This is not a workshop for beginners to = this subject. Format of the workshop will be a combination of lectures and computer = lab exercises. The workshop would start on Monday morning, 8:00am, June 2, 2003, and end Friday at noon. Evening sessions would be provided as = needed to cover the workshop material. A get-acquainted social will be held = Sunday evening, June 1. We expect you to attend the Sunday evening social to become acquainted with the instructors and others taking the workshop. Thus, arrange your travel to arrive in Fort Collins by 5:00pm Sunday, = June 1. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own data for analysis to the workshop, but should recognize that a thorough analysis will not be completed at the workshop. Given the amount of material to be covered, attendees likely would not be able to begin analysis of their own data = until Thursday afternoon. Cost for the 1-week workshop is $1,200, with a reduction to $1,000 for registered university students. This fee would include all course materials, CD with Program MARK and supporting documentation and = examples, and facilities for the workshop, socials, banquet, and morning and = afternoon refreshments. Instructors: David R. Anderson Kenneth P. Burnham Gary C. White =20 Registration form and additional information is available at http://www.cnr.colostate.edu/~gwhite/mark/workshops.htm Gary Gary C. White Department of Fishery and Wildlife Biology 1474 Campus Delivery Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80535-1474 (970)491-6678 FAX (970)491-5091 gwhite@cnr.colostate.edu http://www.cnr.colostate.edu/~gwhite =20 .