Dr Dan Warren (Senckenberg Institute for Biodiversity and Climate)

Title: More Data, More Problems: Big Data in Correlative Ecology

Abstract: The rapidly expanding pool of large data sets on species distributions, community composition, and environmental factors has been accompanied by an increasing number of methodological approaches to analyze this data. If done correctly, this represents an unprecedented opportunity for understanding ecological processes at large scales. However, it also represents an opportunity to be wrong about those same processes at a scale that was previously not possible. In this talk, I will use examples from ecology and other fields to discuss some of the issues that arise when we take big data approaches to ecological questions, as well as addressing the increasing fragmentation of the methodological landscape as the field of correlative ecology grows.

Seminars held fortnightly from 2-3pm on Mondays at various locations, light refreshments will follow.

All welcome to attend.