Call for NNEXT Training School "Modelling landscape invasion by non-native tress: challenges and applications"

The training school ‘Modelling landscape invasion by non-native tress: challenges and applications’ will take place at CIBIO/InBIO (Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources) at the Campus Agrário Vairão, Universidade do Porto, Portugal between September 25th – 29th 2017. The training school is organised and financed by COST Action FP1403 (NNEXT) 'Non-native tree species for European forests - Experiences, Risks and Opportunities'.
 

General topic and skills that will be provided

• Invasion ecology;
• Different modelling techniques, namely: Bayesian modelling, Habitat Suitability modelling, Agent based modelling, Stochastic dynamic modelling, Multivariate modelling;
• Introduction to R software and statistical programming;
• Spatial analyses of ecological and environmental data;
• Species mapping using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
 
Target participants:
The intended audience for this course are students or researchers at early stage of their career. They should be interested in forest ecology and species distribution modelling and are expected to have limited experience with programming and statistics. This course is also interesting for those with a strong background in modelling who want to broaden their horizon in modelling tools.
 
Application:
Application Deadline is June 15th 2017.
The call is also available on the COST Action website (http://nnext.boku.ac.at/activities/training).
For details on application and funding rules please contact the Grant Holder Administrator Anna Rameder (nnext@boku.ac.at).
For more information on the programme please contact the Training School local organiser Joana Vicente (jsvicente@fc.up.pt).
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