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Res Altwegg

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Statistical ecologist with broad interests in population ecology, species distributions and many more things

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Ecological Forecasting Initiative @ecoforecast.bsky.social · Aug 4

The EFI Newsletter is out!
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Find updates on forecasting activities at the ESA conference and recent African EFI chapter short course, resources from the book club, the registration link for the continuous-time movement modeling (ctmm) R package Sept seminar, and other EFI updates.

Ecological Forecasting Initiative August 2025 Newsletter

Email from EFI Newsletter Issue 51| August 4, 2025 Trouble viewing this email? View as Webpage ESA2025 is right around the corner and I'm looking forward to seeing many of you there next week. If you'

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · Jul 31

We are doing a Hackathon! 💻 Together with senior editor @nhcooper123.bsky.social , we'll be discussing and testing a protocol to check whether published data/code is actually reproducible... (1/2)

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Jun 23

#BOU2026 ALFRED NEWTON LECTURER

Claire Spottiswoode
University of Cape Town, South Africa

Birds and people | 31 March - 2 April 2026 | University of Nottingham & Zoom & Bluesky

Why not join us? Submit your abstract here:
bou.org.uk/event/bir...

#ornithology

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Tim Kuiper @timkuiper.bsky.social · Jun 10

New paper - what can we learn about rhino, ranger, and poacher behavior by looking at where/when poaching happens? We analysed data on >500 poaching incidents to find out. A story of corruption, maximizing opportunities, and minimizing risks:

Read: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Tim Kuiper @timkuiper.bsky.social · Jun 6

Still can't believe we got onto the cover of Science! Across 11 reserves and 7 years, we found that dehorning achieved large reductions in poaching, but it's not a magic bullet

Full article: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Popular version: www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

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Res Altwegg @resaltwegg.bsky.social · Jun 6

We evaluated the effectiveness of anti-rhino-poaching interventions and dehorning was effective.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Ecological Forecasting Initiative @ecoforecast.bsky.social · Jun 2

✏️The African EFI Chapter has officially launched! The group will host a short course in Cape Town late 21-25th July. Applications close 9 June.

Find details and the link to the application form at: ecoforecast.africa/events/curre...

Please share with African colleagues and collaborators!

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Res Altwegg @resaltwegg.bsky.social · May 30

Structural Topic Models and ISEC abstracts guided our recent review on statistical ecology "Emerging Topics and New Directions in Statistical Ecology": link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Emerging Topics and New Directions in Statistical Ecology - Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice

Ecological science relies on robust estimates of the abundance, diversity, and spatial distribution of individuals and species, but these quantities are notoriously difficult to observe directly. Data...

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Prof Phoebe Barnard @phoebebarnard.bsky.social · May 22

#Callforapplications for a near-term #ecologicalforecasting #course with Prof Jasper Slingsby to be held in #CapeTown 21-25th July 2025. Applicants please complete the form (more details there). Closing date 9 June.
Please share among your networks across Africa!
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FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology @africanornithology.bsky.social · May 21

The FitzPatrick Institute is immensely proud to count a Fellow of the Royal Society among its ranks! Warm congratulations to Prof. Claire Spottiswoode on this excellent and thoroughly well-deserved achievement 👏
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Claire Spottiswoode elected a Fellow of the Royal Society - May 2025

The FitzPatrick Institute congratulates Prof. Claire Spottiswoode on her election as a Fellow of the Royal Society

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · Apr 10

📖Published📖

VANTAGE: An open-source application for visualisation, navigation and analysis of video and ancillary time-series data in bio-logging studies 🐧 🌎 🧪

Read the article here 👇

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Ecological Forecasting Initiative @ecoforecast.bsky.social · Apr 2

Issue 49 of the EFI Newsletter is out!
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Find info about the new EFI Steering Committee, new funding, upcoming seminars, and EFI2025 Conference reminders including the registration deadline on April 14. See the conference schedule and the register link at bit.ly/efi2025

Ecological Forecasting Initiative April 2025 Newsletter

Email from Ecological Forecasting Initiative EFI Newsletter Issue 49| April 2, 2025 Trouble viewing this email? View as Webpage Some highlights from EFI to check out this month: Welcome Cara Gallagher

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Res Altwegg @resaltwegg.bsky.social · Mar 27

Seems like we are increasingly heading towards the IPCC SSP3 scenario "regional rivalry", "barriers to trade", with projected 4 degrees warming by the end of the century. Remaining below +2 degrees would need us to take opposite direction (SSP1).

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Res Altwegg @resaltwegg.bsky.social · Mar 18

We are looking for a lecturer / senior lecture in statistics to join our department at the University of Cape Town; deadline 1 April jobs.uct.ac.za/job/Cape-Tow...

Lecturer / Senior Lecturer (Statistical Science)

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