BIOS² Education resources

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The 2019 edition of the Summer School was on the theme: Biodiversity Modelling. The course took the form of lectures and practical exercises that covered a variety of methods used to model biodiversity, complemented by guest speakers.

Aug 18, 2019

Dominique Gravel, Guillaume Blanchet

Biodiversity Modelling 2022

The 2022 edition of the Biodiversity Modelling Summer School was on the theme: Biodiversity changes and data visualization. The course took the form of a workshop during which the students, in collaboration with local organizations involved in biodiversity monitoring, developed a web platform for visualizing biodiversity changes.

Aug 22, 2022

Dominique Gravel, Vincent Beauregard

Building R packages

This practical training will cover the basics of modern package development in R with a focus on the following three aspects: (1) how to turn your code into functions, (2) how to write tests and documentation, and (3) how to share your R package on GitHub..

May 4, 2021

Andrew MacDonald

Data Visualization

General principles of visualization and graphic design, and techniques of tailored visualization. This training was developed and delivered by Alex Arkilanian and Katherine Hébert on September 21st and 22nd, 2020.

Sep 21, 2020

Alex Arkilanian, Katherine Hébert

Generalized Linear Models for Community Ecology

In this workshop we will explore, discuss, and apply generalized linear models to combine information on species distributions, traits, phylogenies, environmental and landscape variation. We will also discuss inference under spatial and phylogenetic autocorrelation under fixed and random effects implementations. We will discuss technical elements and cover implementations using R.

May 17, 2021

Pedro Peres-Neto

Introduction to EDI Concepts in a Scientific Context

A short introduction to EDI concepts in a scientific context.

Jan 22, 2021

Agathe Riallan, Marie-José Naud

Introduction to Generalized Additive Models (GAMs)

To address the increase in both quantity and complexity of available data, ecologists require flexible, robust statistical models, as well as software to perform such analyses. This workshop will focus on how a single tool, the R mgcv package, can be used to fit Generalized Additive Models (GAMs) to data from a wide range of sources.

Nov 2, 2021

Eric Pedersen

Introduction to Microbiome Analysis

This workshop will give an overview of the theory and practice of using metabarcoding approaches to study the diversity of microbial communities. The workshop will give participants an understanding of 1) the current methods for microbiome diversity quantification using metabarcoding/amplicon sequencing approaches and 2) the normalization and diversity analysis approaches that can be used to quantify the diversity of microbial communities.

May 19, 2022

Steven Kembel, Zihui Wang, Salix Dubois

Introduction to Shiny Apps

Introduction to interactive app development with R Shiny.

Jun 22, 2021

Katherine Hébert, Andrew MacDonald, Jake Lawlor, Vincent Bellavance

Making Websites with HUGO

This workshop provides a general introduction to HUGO, a popular open source framework for building websites without requiring a knowledge of HTML/CSS or web programming.

Dec 7, 2020

Dominique Gravel, Guillaume Larocque

Mathematical Modeling in Ecology and Evolution

This workshop will introduce participants to the logic behind modeling in biology, focusing on developing equations, finding equilibria, analyzing stability, and running simulations.Techniques will be illustrated with the software tools, Mathematica and Maxima. This workshop was held in two parts: January 14 and January 16, 2020.

Jan 14, 2020

Sarah P. Otto

Point-count Data Analysis

Analysis of point-count data in the presence of variable survey methodologies and detection error offered by Péter Sólymos to BIOS2 Fellows in March 2021.

Mar 25, 2021

Péter Sólymos

Science Communication

Recordings, content and handouts from a 6-hour Science Communication workshop held over two days on 15 and 16 June 2020.

Jun 15, 2020

Gracielle Higino, Katherine Hébert

Sensibilisation aux réalités autochtones et recherche collaborative

Série de deux webinaires sur la sensibilisation aux réalités autochtones et la recherche en collaboration avec les Autochtones, offert du 28 au 30 avril 2020 par Catherine-Alexandra Gagnon, PhD.

Apr 28, 2020

Catherine-Alexandra Gagnon

Spatial Statistics in Ecology

Training session about statistical analysis of spatial data in ecology, hosted by Philippe Marchand (UQAT). | Session de formation sur l’analyse statistique des données spatiales en écologie, animée par Pr. Philippe Marchand (UQAT).

Jan 12, 2021

Philippe Marchand