2025-26 Workshop on Capture-Recapture and Recovery Analysis Applied to Animal Conservation
This introductory course is designed for students, researchers, and environmental managers interested in learning the theory and practical aspects of capture-mark-recapture and recovery data analysis to estimate survival, recruitment, and dispersal probabilities.
The course combines theoretical lectures with practical sessions using both real and simulated datasets. It will include a mix of lectures and computer-based lab exercises using the programs MARK, U-CARE, and optionally R. No prior experience with these programs is required.
Programa
Monday
14h30-15h15 Arrival and presentation
15h15-17h00 Introduction to ecological modelling and individual data
Tuesday
9h15-11h30 The estimation of Survival over time
11h30-11h45 Coffee
11h45-13h15 Exercise (MARK)
13h15-15h15 Lunch
15h15-17h00 The Goodness of fit test. Exercises (U-CARE - MARK)
Wednesday
9h15-11h30 Survival differences between groups, between ages and the influence of covariables
11h30-11h45 Coffee
11h45-13h15 Exercises (MARK)
13h15-15h15 Lunch
15h15-17h00 The estimate of population size from closed and open models Exercises (MARK-R )
Thursday
9h15-11h30 The estimation of Dispersal and Recruitment Exercises (U-CARE - MARK)
11h30-11h45 Coffee
11h45-13h15 Exercises (MARK-R )
13h15-15h15 Lunch
15h15-17h00 Estimating the ‘real' survival (recovery). Exercises (MARK)
Friday
9h15-11h30 Multievent conditional probabilities, new kids in Town and the experimental design
11h30-11h45 Coffee
11h45-13h00 Your data. Exercises (MARK ; U-CARE).
13h15-15h15 Lunch
Grant CEX2021-001198 funded by
