Looking to use R Markdown to create your thesis? You have come to the right place. R Markdown is a great tool for integrating data analysis and report writing, but it can be a bit daunting to get started. I wrote my thesis with R Markdown last year, and sure spent quite some time browsing […]
Writing your thesis with R Markdown (2) – Text, citations and equations
This is the second post in a short series of tutorials to write your thesis in Rmarkdown. You can find instructions on how to get started in the first post. Note that these tutorials were written by a Windows user, so if you are using a different operating system some details may differ. Welcome back […]
Tutorial: Running Rstudio in the NeCTAR cloud
One of my models is horribly slow and was going to take about two weeks to run. Although two week isn’t really that bad, I don’t like waiting… So I decided to try NeCTAR. Running my models on a Virtual Machine sounded like an excellent solution. Just one little issue: I had absolutely no idea […]
Detecting wildlife with camera traps
I am researching how we can best use camera traps to monitor foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in the mallee. I don’t know much about camera traps yet, so I decided to learn more about best practice in detecting wildlife with camera traps. Here’s what I found. Camera traps are a useful monitoring tool that has become […]
ResBaz research tools
ResBaz, or Research Bazaar, was hosted this year for the first time at the University of Melbourne and I got to attend this awesome conference (so did a couple of other QAECOlogists, check Saras Windecker’s blogpst for an impression). ResBaz is all about open science, sharing, collaborating and getting the message out there. To make […]
Monitoring mammal populations with camera traps
I am researching how we can best use camera traps to monitor foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in the mallee. I don’t know much about camera traps yet, so I decided to read how others have used camera traps to monitor mammal populations. Here’s what I found. What are camera traps?Camera traps are used to take picture […]
Fox baiting for beginners
A warning sign that 1080 poison is being used, at Weddin, NSW. Image courtesy: Brian Yap via Flickr[/caption] I am researching how we can best use camera traps to monitor foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in the mallee. One of the main steps in my research will involve the simulation of fox abundance under influence of different […]
What have I been up to?
It’s been almost a year since I started with my master’s, what have I been up to and what’s next? Master students in the School of Botany have to present an update on their research of the end of their first year. I presented my research in Dubbo last September, but thought it would be […]
The fox, the malleefowl and the camera trap: my research plans
In March 2014 I started with my masters in the qaeco research group at the University of Melbourne. Since it is almost June now and my research proposal has been accepted, I thought it was about time I give a bit of an explanation about what I will be doing in the next two years. […]