Take your species distribution modelling to the next level
Advanced Species Distribution Modelling (SDMs) & Ecological Niche Modelling (ENMs) using R
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https://prstats.org/course/advanced-species-distribution-modelling-using-r-asdm01/
Advance your marine mammal habitat modelling skills
Understanding and predicting marine mammal distributions demands methods that can handle complex environments, limited data, and dynamic ecological processes. The
Advanced Species Distribution Modelling using R (ASDM01) course from PR Stats is designed to equip marine mammal researchers with the tools needed to meet these challenges.
Why marine mammal researchers benefit from this course
Marine systems involve sparse sightings, imperfect detection, highly variable oceanographic conditions, and mobile species. This course focuses on advanced SDM and ENM techniques that strengthen the reliability and interpretability of predictions in exactly these situations.
You will learn how to evaluate environmental suitability, refine model performance, quantify uncertainty, and test hypotheses about drivers of distribution — all essential for marine conservation, spatial planning, and impact assessment.
What you will learn
Advanced optimisation and tuning of models such as Maxent.
Use of MESS analyses to identify where environmental conditions fall outside training ranges, especially important for pelagic and wide-ranging species.
Application of null-model approaches to assess whether observed habitat associations exceed what would be expected by chance.
Construction of mechanistic models and virtual species to explore ecological processes behind movement, habitat selection and responses to oceanographic change.
Fully hands-on R workflows that you can integrate into your existing marine mammal research projects.
Who should attend
Marine mammal ecologists, conservation biologists, and population modelers.
Researchers working with distribution data from surveys, telemetry, acoustic detections, opportunistic sightings, or environmental DNA.
Practitioners involved in marine spatial planning, impact assessments, offshore development, protected area design or climate-change sensitivity analyses.
Anyone with prior SDM experience who wants to elevate their modelling to a more rigorous, methodologically advanced level.
Course format
Five days of live, interactive online training.
Instructor-led coding sessions, ecological interpretation, and model-evaluation exercises.
Delivered in a UK / Western European time zone.