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 metapopulation dynamics of water voles
- Predicting population dynamics in a changing environment
- Estimating the power of biodiversity monitoring schemes
- Estimating collision risk for birds at windfarms
Wider Involvements
- Honorary Chair, School of Biological Sciences, Aberdeen University
- Honorary Chair, School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh
- Honorary Chair, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews
- RSS Panel on Statistics for Ecosystem Change
- RSS Highlands Local Group Committee
- BBSRC Bioenergy Initiative Panel
- Member of UK Environmental Change Network Scientific and Technical Advisory Group
- Member of Advisory Group for York University's MRes Course "Mathematics in the Living Environment"
- Board Member of Edinburgh Consortium for Rural Research
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