STAFF & STUDENTS : Staff Page
David Elston
Director
Biomathematics & Statistics Scotland
BioSS Office
The Macaulay Institute, Craigiebuckler
ABERDEEN, AB15 8QH, Scotland, UK.
Tel: +44 (0)1224 395127
Fax: +44 (0)1224 395010
Email: d.elston@bioss.ac.uk
Research Interests
- Development and novel application of statistical modelling techniques to further research in the ecological, environmental and agricultural sciences.
- Spatio-temporal modelling of population distribution and abundance
- Applications of random effect models using REML and MCMC methods
Current & Recent Projects
- Allowing for uncertainty of variance components in power analyses
- Uncovering when weather variables are most strongly related to species traits using difference penalties in random coefficient models
- Modelling travelling waves in vole abundance at the landscape scale
- Predicting population dynamics in a changing environment
- Statistical consultant for the NERC's Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Banchory
- Statistical input to 10-year monitoring programme for Environmentally Sensitive Areas in Scotland
- Estimating the power of biodiversity monitoring schemes
- Multivariate random effect modelling of diet selection data
- Revision and delivery of BioSS course 'Introduction to REML for Scientists'
Wider Involvements
- Honorary Chair, School of Biological Sciences, Aberdeen University
- Chairman of RSS Highlands Local Group
- Associate Editor of Applied Statistics
- Member of UK Environmental Change Network Scientific and Technical Advisory Group
- Board Member of Aberdeen Research Consortium
- Member of Advisory Group for York University's MRes Course "Mathematics in the Living Environment"
- Board Member of Edinburgh Consortium for Rural Research