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Join us for our next 𝗦𝗘𝗘𝗖 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 will be taking place tomorrow (𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟱 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵) at 𝟭𝟬𝗮𝗺 in the 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮 on 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝟱 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗗 𝗛𝗮𝗵𝗻 (next to the tea room - to the left of the lifts and through the glass door on the right). Bring along your cup of tea or coffee and join us to hear the latest research updates from our group, there will be biscuits.

This week 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗘𝗿𝗻𝗶 will be speaking about "𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢" and 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘆 will tell us about "𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘴".

Please join for the next 𝗦𝗘𝗘𝗖 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗯𝗼𝘅 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 for 2020.

𝗥𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗹𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗴𝗴 will be speaking about 𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚-𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠-𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙨.

𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟱 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 from 𝟭𝟯𝗵𝟬𝟬 - 𝟭𝟰𝗵𝟬𝟬 in the new venue for this year’s toolboxes: 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗘𝗠𝟰 (𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝟯).

Summary of the talk: 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺. 𝘠𝘦𝘵, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺. 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦-𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬-𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦-𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬-𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘣𝘰𝘹, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦-𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬-𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢.

The Toolbox seminar will be streamed live through Adobe Connect Meeting Room at the following link: http://meeting.uct.ac.za/seec_toolbox_seminars/ (if you are a first-time user you might be directed to a link to install the meeting room browser add-in). The meeting room will open at 12h50 the day of the seminar. During the presentation you will be able to send questions through the chat window. We will collate the questions and ask them after the presentation. Please note that the online platform is open to everyone, whether you are based at UCT or not.

Looking forward to seeing you at the venue or in the meeting room.

If you missed the latest Toolbox by Mzabalazo Ngwenya on point pattern analysis be sure to click on the link below and watch it online!

Basics of point pattern analysis | Centre for Statistics in Ecology, the Environment Point pattern data is very common and arises in many ecological and environmental studies. The points may represent the locations of birds, plant species or herds of animals amongst other things. In this talk Zaza looked at the basic tools for interrogating such data sets. These include methods for...

Join us for the first research meeting of the year tomorrow
(𝟭𝟯 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆) at 𝟭𝟬𝗮𝗺 in the 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝟱 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗗 𝗛𝗮𝗵𝗻 (next to the tea room - to the left of the lifts and through the glass door on the right). Bring along your cup of tea or coffee and join us to hear the latest research updates from our group, there will be biscuits.

This week we'll be hearing from 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗮 who has just finished up his PhD and will be telling us about "𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘹'𝘴 𝘌𝘢𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘴".

We'll also hear from 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗮 on his latest work on South Africa's threatened grassland birds - "𝘙𝘶𝘥𝘥’𝘴 𝘓𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 – 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦-𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘵".

Happy New Year and welcome back!

We would like to invite you to the first SEEC Stats Toolbox Seminar for 2020. 𝗠𝘇𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘇𝗼 𝗡𝗴𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘆𝗮 will be speaking about 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤-𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙨. The seminar will take place on 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟯 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 and will run from 𝟭𝟯𝗵𝟬𝟬 - 𝟭𝟰𝗵𝟬𝟬 in the 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿’𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗯𝗼𝘅𝗲𝘀: 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗘𝗠𝟰.

Summary of the talk: 𝘗𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘡𝘢𝘻𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘮, 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳-𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴.

The Toolbox seminar will be streamed live through Adobe Connect Meeting Room at the following link: http://meeting.uct.ac.za/seec_toolbox_seminars/ (if you are a first-time user you might be directed to a link to install the meeting room browser add-in). The meeting room will open at 12h50 the day of the seminar. During the presentation you will be able to send questions through the chat window. We will collate the questions and ask them after the presentation. Please note that the online platform is open to everyone, whether you are based at UCT or not.

Looking forward to seeing you at the venue or in the meeting room.

Regards,
The SEEC Stats Toolbox Team

Sign up for an interesting course offered by the Modelling and Simulation Hub, Africa (MASHA). The short course will be about Mathematical Modelling for Infectious Diseases from 4 to 14 May 2020 at UCT.

www.masha.uct.ac.za/masha/training/mmid

Happy New Year from all of us at SEEC.

Watch this page for events and posts about statistical ecology.

Thank you to all the presenters for the 2019 SEEC Stats Toolboxes. Everyone has done an excellent job and we appreciate all the effort that goes into making a Toolbox.

If any of you have missed out on the seminars, you can find the videos, slides and data at http://www.seec.uct.ac.za/stats-toolbox-seminars .

We appreciate all the support and look forward to another year of exciting topics!

Stats Toolbox Seminars | Centre for Statistics in Ecology, the Environment Learn about stats methods that can be applied to ecological and environmental data.  On the last Thursday of every month at 13:00 we will introduce a method, e.g. distance sampling or occupancy models, that can be added to your stats toolbox.

Please join us for the 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗘𝗘𝗖 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿, happening next 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟬𝗮𝗺 in the stats resource area on 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝟱 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗗 𝗛𝗮𝗵𝗻 (next to the tea room and to the left of the lifts). There will be tea and biscuits and talks from 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗦𝗘𝗘𝗖 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.

𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗹𝗮 𝗡𝗲𝗳𝗱𝘁 will be telling us about "𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢".
And 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗶 will speak about "𝘕𝘦𝘢𝘳-𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘮𝘦".

We hope to see you there! Next year's schedule will be circulated in January.

Exciting news! The International Statistical Ecology Conference (ISEC) 2022 will be hosted by SEEC and we need your creative skills to help develop a logo for the event.

It is a great privilege to be hosting this conference and we would love grab the attention of participants globally with an attractive logo to be used for all conference related correspondence and marketing.

See the poster below for more information about the competition.

Feel free to contact [email protected] if you have any queries.

READY, SET, CREATE!

Join us for our final SEEC Toolbox Seminar for 2019!

𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗮 and 𝗥𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗹𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗴𝗴 will be speaking about 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀. The seminar will take place on 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟴 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 and will run from 𝟭𝟯𝗵𝟬𝟬 - 𝟭𝟰𝗵𝟬𝟬 in 𝗣𝗗 𝗛𝗮𝗵𝗻 𝗟𝗧𝟰 (Level 6).

Summary of the talk: 𝘖𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦. 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘌𝘌𝘊 𝘛𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘣𝘰𝘹 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 𝘣𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘖𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘪.𝘦. 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺. 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘶𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴. 𝘚𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴, 𝘪.𝘦. 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘛𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘣𝘰𝘹 𝘚𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳, 𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘨𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘺, 𝘣𝘺 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

The Toolbox seminar will be streamed live through Adobe Connect Meeting Room at the following link: http://meeting.uct.ac.za/seec_toolbox_seminars/ (if you are a first-time user you might be directed to a link to install the meeting room browser add-in). The meeting room will open at 12h50 the day of the seminar. During the presentation you will be able to send questions through the chat window. We will collate the questions and ask them after the presentation. Please note that the online platform is open to everyone, whether you are based at UCT or not.

Looking forward to seeing you at the venue or in the meeting room.

Read the latest paper out from SEEC member 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗴 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 and colleagues looking at 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘺𝘫𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬-𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘴.

Congrats Greg and team!

Using mark-recapture methods to estimate population size and survival of pyjama sharks Poroderma africanum in Mossel Bay, South Africa (2019). Using mark-recapture methods to estimate population size and survival of pyjama sharks Poroderma africanum in Mossel Bay, South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science. Ahead of Print.