From len@dcs.st-and.ac.uk Mon Apr 5 07:35:23 1999 Received: from mxu4.u.washington.edu (mxu4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id HAA08872 for ; Mon, 5 Apr 1999 07:35:17 -0700 Received: from tamdhu.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk (tamdhu.dcs.st-and.ac.uk [138.251.192.40]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with SMTP id HAA00381 for ; Mon, 5 Apr 1999 07:35:16 -0700 Received: from dolphin.dcs.st-and.ac.uk by tamdhu.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA16335; Mon, 5 Apr 99 15:30:11 BST Received: from crossbill by dolphin.dcs.st-and.ac.uk (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA08048; Mon, 5 Apr 99 15:29:10 BST Message-Id: <9904051429.AA08048@dolphin.dcs.st-and.ac.uk> From: "Len Thomas" To: "distance-sampling" , "fish-sci@seagate.sunet.se" , Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 15:32:07 +0100 Reply-To: "Len Thomas" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Standard (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: WORKSHOP: Distance sampling, June 1999, Colorado ---------------------------------------------- DEADLINE FOR EARLY REGISTRATION IS APRIL 30TH! ---------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- WILDLIFE POPULATION ASSESSMENT TRAINING WORKSHOPS DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF DISTANCE SAMPLING SURVEYS ------------------------------------------------- Research Unit for Wildlife Population Assessment University of St Andrews and Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Workshop 1: June 14-17 Workshop 2: June 21-24 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA Overview -------- Distance sampling is the most widely used method for estimating the abundance of wildlife populations. The aim of these workshops is to train participants in the latest methods for design and analysis of distance sampling surveys, including line and point transects. The two identical 4-day workshops will be a blend of theory and practice, and participants will learn the new, windows version of the software Distance. Participants are encouraged to bring their own data sets, and can expect to do some preliminary analyses with their data. In the latter part of each workshop, time is set aside for presentation of more advanced concepts and discussion of topics of common interest in smaller, informal groups. Instructors ----------- Stephen Buckland David Borchers Len Thomas Bruce Lubow. The workshop instructors are at the forefront of research into distance sampling methods, and development of software to apply the new methods. They have extensive experience teaching distance sampling, including previous workshops taught in the UK, USA, Norway, and New Zealand. Cost ---- Course fees are US$1000, or US$750 for registered students. This covers tuition, course materials and workshop banquet. For registrations received after April 30th, a late-registration supplement of US$100 will apply. To allow individual attention to be given to each person during each workshop, the number of participants is restricted to 30. Places will be filled on a first-come first-served basis. Further information ------------------- The workshop booklet is on the world-wide web at http://www.ruwpa.st-and.ac.uk/distanceworkshop/ Registration forms are available at that site. If you would like a printed copy of this information or have any questions about the workshops, please contact Workshop Organizer Research Unit for Wildlife Population Assessment Mathematical Institute University of St. Andrews St. Andrews Scotland KY16 9SS Tel:+44 1334 463228 Fax: +44 1334 463748 Email: rhona@mcs.st-and.ac.uk Alternative contact: Steve Buckland +44 1334 463787 steve@mcs.st-and.ac.uk .