Sarah Sherburne
@junglehag.bsky.social
USGS ecologist and data gremlin studying Burmese Python in Florida until Elon fires me. Formally a bat 🦇 ecologist, hog 🐖 🐗wrangler, mongoose master🦦 and king cobra 🐍 novice. Forever a hag.
Reposted by Sarah Sherburne
All my ecology peeps slinging the GAM(M)s might find this paper interesting. I was surprised to learn there is a frequentist interpretation of GAM(M)s! (jk) besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Bayesian views of generalized additive modelling
Generalized additive models (GAMs) are a frequently used, flexible framework applied to many problems in statistical ecology. They are commonly used to incorporate smooth effects into models via s...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
All my ecology peeps slinging the GAM(M)s might find this paper interesting. I was surprised to learn there is a frequentist interpretation of GAM(M)s! (jk) besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Sarah Sherburne
Hiring a PhD student (August 2025 start) to work on research related to elk reintroduction/spatial ecology using a large long-term dataset. Lots of flexibility in developing specific research questions! See the job link for more info: jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...
January 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Hiring a PhD student (August 2025 start) to work on research related to elk reintroduction/spatial ecology using a large long-term dataset. Lots of flexibility in developing specific research questions! See the job link for more info: jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...