The Role of Statistics in Conservation Decision Making (Katie Bickerton)

16:00, January 31, Kennedy Seminar Room 2

Abstract: Island ecosystems hold some of the most unique biodiversity on the planet however due to their size and isolation, that biodiversity is often limited to a small number of key species. This presents a unique opportunity to model multiple levels of an ecosystem and quantify the impact of conservation actions. One such action is a translocation, where a subset of a population is collected and released in a new location to increase the likelihood of species survival. This talk will focus on the use of statistical modelling in conservation translocations and its application to my study system on Round Island, Mauritius.