Dear receiver, please send this invitation on as widely as possible, all participants are welcome. __________________________________________________________________ Dear interested participants. The Mammal Research Institute of the University of Pretoria will be hosting a workshop on mark-recapture techniques to be run by Dr Trent McDonald of WEST Inc. Dr McDonald is a leading researcher, author and practitioner of mark-recapture theory applied to populations of wild animals. http://www.west-inc.com/personnel.php#trent *WORKSHOP STRUCTURE:* 1. Day 1 morning: Lectures on Closed population models 2. Day 1 afternoon: Hands on exercises and consultations 3. Day 2 morning: Lectures on Open population models 4. Day 2 afternoon: Hands on exercises and consultations 5. Day 3 all day: Applications and consultations *DATE:* 16-18th Feb 2010 *WORKSHOP COST:* *R1000* Includes: Morning and afternoon coffee breaks, light lunches, venue hire, computer availability (if needed). Costs go towards covering Dr McDonald's travel costs from the USA. *EXTRAS:* 1) We *highly *recommend purchasing a copy of: "*Handbook of capture-recapture analysis"* Steven Amstrup, Trent McDonald and Bryan Manly (Eds) Dr McDonald will make available copies at the authors discount price of * US$50* (which is considerably cheaper than the book is available directly in SA). These *must *be ordered in advance, when signing up for the workshop. 2) Analysis using R software and Dr. McDonald's MRA package will be emphasized during the workshop. Equivalent analyzes in MARK software will be illustrated. Microsoft Excel will be used occasionally to illuminate calculations. Dr. McDonald is proficient at MARK and will consult with participants on use of MARK as needed. 3) The final day will consist of short presentations and group discussion of participants projects, followed by one-on-one collaboration with Dr. McDonald. As such, participants are encouraged to email abstracts of their projects to Dr. McDonald prior to the workshop, and to bring their data sets ready to analyze. *HOW DO I APPLY?* If you would like to apply for this workshop, please cut out the following text, fill in as appropriate and email to: mark.recapture.workshop@gmail.com <mark-recapture-workshop@gmail.com> Please send one email for each person who wishes to attend Attendance must be *confirmed by the 15th November* and* paid for by the 1st Dec 2009*. Places are limited. ________________________________________________________________________ Name: Institution: Contact phone number: I would like to order a copy of the "*Handbook of Capture-Recapture Analysis*" - YES / NO _________________________________________________________________________ We look forward to hearing from you. Regards Simon Elwen and Nico de Bruyn Post Doctoral Fellows Mammal Research Institute University of Pretoria