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Oscar RdR Ortega
@orrortega.bsky.social
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Statistical Ecologist/Ecological Statistics (not sure yet). Forest Engineer. Spatial statistics. Lecturer in Statistics, Data Science & Environmental Intelligence. https://experts.exeter.ac.uk/41117-oscar-rodriguez-de-rivera-ortega .. more

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Oscar RdR Ortega @orrortega.bsky.social · 27d
Happy to share my new article, this time not statistical ecology but population study in some way…

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The espresso point
Abstract. Statistics, vanishing students, and the optimal coffee break: a data-driven approach by Oscar Rodriguez de Rivera Ortega
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Javier Madrigal @fuegolab.bsky.social · Aug 26
Se activa el Grupo de Asesoramiento en Emergencias GADE del @csic.es que tendré el honor de coordinar share.google/i70PEPELZVDZ...
El CSIC activa el Grupo de Asesoramiento de Desastres y Emergencias para dar apoyo científico-técnico en las zonas afectadas por los incendios forestales | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científi...
El Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), organismo adscrito al Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, ha activado el Grupo de Asesoramiento de Desastres y Emergencias (GA...
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Javier Madrigal @fuegolab.bsky.social · Jun 9
New paper is out! We have demonstrated the efficacy of summer prescribed fires in Pinus nigra forests
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Oscar RdR Ortega @orrortega.bsky.social · May 22
Yo conozco a uno que pisó una piedra en el borde del camino y resultó ser un trozo de poliespan. Lo siguiente que sé es que le paró una chumbera de caer por un acantilado. Mucho ánimo!!

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Oscar RdR Ortega @orrortega.bsky.social · May 16
Lo apunto para este verano!

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Oscar RdR Ortega @orrortega.bsky.social · Apr 27
Yo prefiero ropa vieja

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Oscar RdR Ortega @orrortega.bsky.social · Apr 27
Va a quedar algo para croquetas o ropa vieja?

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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · Apr 18
I have learned that some people have still not heard the Good News about Hamiltonian Monte Carlo. My gentle animated interactive explanation: elevanth.org/blog/2017/11...
Markov Chains: Why Walk When You Can Flow?
In 1989, Depeche Mode was popular, the first version of Microsoft Office was released, large demonstrations brought down the wall separating East and West Germany, and a group of statisticians in the ...
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Timothée Giraud @rcarto.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · Mar 20
Introducing {maposm}, an R package that extracts, modifies and merges sets of layers from OpenStreetMap for cartographic purposes.

On github: https://github.com/riatelab/maposm

The package is not on CRAN, but it is on r-universe: https://riatelab.r-universe.dev/maposm

#rstats #rspatial #gischat
A map of Castries in Saint Lucia. The map is in a circle, we can see roads, buildings, water bodies and green areas. The map is colorful. A map of Castries in Saint Lucia. The map is in a circle, we can see roads, buildings, water bodies and green areas. The map is in black and white colors.

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Paula Moraga @paulamoraga.bsky.social · Mar 12
📢 Postdoc position in the GeoHealth group at KAUST

Spatio-temporal models for disease mapping, forecasting & early detection of outbreaks 🌍📊💻

PhD #statistics, #maths, #epidemiology. Experience in spatial stats/machine learning & #rstats

👉 www.paulamoraga.com/opportunitie...

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TR Baker @trbaker.bsky.social · Feb 14
Nat Geog Society launched a request for proposals, Spatial Thinking: Inspiring Place Based Solutions - seeking proposals that identify a challenge related to a place and leverages an edu solution using spatial thinking. www.nationalgeographic.org/society/gran... #GIS #geography #edusky
Spatial Thinking: Inspiring Action through Place-Based Solutions - National Geographic Society
This funding opportunity supports projects that identify a challenge related to a specific place and its unique conditions and leverages an educational solution using spatial thinking to enable people...
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GBIF @gbif.org · Feb 13
Session and workshop submission deadline extended for #LivingData2025! ⏰

📌New deadline: Friday 14 February 23:59 GMT-5

🔗www.livingdata2025.c...

#DatosVivos2025

@tdwg.org @gbif.org #OBIS @geobon.org BON #InstitutoHumboldt
White graphic with living data 2025 logo and logos of tdwg gbif geobon obis and humboldt institute

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Oscar RdR Ortega @orrortega.bsky.social · Feb 1
10 days to apply! Drop me an email if you want to talk about the project!
orrortega.bsky.social Oscar RdR Ortega @orrortega.bsky.social · Jan 10
PhD alert!!! I am advertising a PhD position in spatial modelling. If you want to enjoy data fusion in spatial modelling this is your place. If you want to know more about this project about statistical ecology with pretty pictures drop me an email!! Some info here: www.exeter.ac.uk/v8media/recr...
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Reposted by Christos Mammides, Óscar Rodríguez de Rivera

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Chris Sutherland @chrissuthy.bsky.social · Jan 29
Now accepting applicants for 25-26 intake of our #StatisticalEcology MSc: bit.ly/3ooHNyc. A unique opportunity to develop skills at the interface of #statistics and #ecology (some partial scholarships available too). Please help me share!

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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · Jan 28
All my ecology peeps slinging the GAM(M)s might find this paper interesting. I was surprised to learn there is a frequentist interpretation of GAM(M)s! (jk) besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Bayesian views of generalized additive modelling
Generalized additive models (GAMs) are a frequently used, flexible framework applied to many problems in statistical ecology. They are commonly used to incorporate smooth effects into models via s...
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Oscar RdR Ortega @orrortega.bsky.social · Jan 10
PhD alert!!! I am advertising a PhD position in spatial modelling. If you want to enjoy data fusion in spatial modelling this is your place. If you want to know more about this project about statistical ecology with pretty pictures drop me an email!! Some info here: www.exeter.ac.uk/v8media/recr...
www.exeter.ac.uk

Reposted by Matthew Holden, Kate J. Helmstedt, Óscar Rodríguez de Rivera

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Sarah Vollert @sarahvollert.bsky.social · Dec 30
In true academic style, I'm finishing my new years resolutions just before due date.

The ideas behind this paper have been my passion project since day 1 of my PhD, and I'm pleased to announce that it's finally published!

doi.org/10.1007/s115...
@chris-drovandi.bsky.social
Ecosystem Knowledge Should Replace Coexistence and Stability Assumptions in Ecological Network Modelling - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
Quantitative population modelling is an invaluable tool for identifying the cascading effects of conservation on an ecosystem. When population data from monitoring programs is not available, determini...
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Reposted by Carlos P. Carmona, Óscar Rodríguez de Rivera

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Journal of Open Source Software @joss-openjournals.bsky.social · Dec 21
Just published in JOSS: 'gratia: An R package for exploring generalized additive models' https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.06962

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Graduate School of Environment and Sustainability @exetergses.bsky.social · Dec 20
New Paper! 🐒🌍🦤🧪

@andyhouldcroft.bsky.social built upon his MSc Conservation & Biodiversity project to develop a mapping model using monkeys in Guinea Bissau which aims to boost conservation & promote human-wildlife coexistence
@uniexecec.bsky.social #ExeterGSES

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Photo of Campbell's monkeys sat in trees. New Research. Joint spatial modeling of cluster size and density for a heavily hunted primate persisting in a heterogeneous landscape. Andrew Houldcroft et al. (2024) Ecography.

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NETGAIN @netgain.bsky.social · Dec 19
We just posted our first round of fully funded interdisciplinary challege-led projects!

netgain.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/phd-projects/

PhDs available at: @aberdeenunilib.bsky.social, @durhamuniversity.bsky.social, @glasgowunisrc.bsky.social, @uniofstandrews.bsky.social, @ukri.org

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Ecolandlab @ecolandlab.bsky.social · Dec 13
JOB OFFER: Postdoctoral researcher on biodiversity modelling and scenario development @ipbes.bsky.social @biodiversaplus.bsky.social @creaf.cat creaf.factorialhr.com/job_posting/...
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER ON BIODIVERSITY MODELLING AND SCENAR
Apply today to POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER ON BIODIVERSITY MODELLING AND SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT IN EUROPE FOR SPEAR PROJECT (ref. 24-090-38822) job of
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Reposted by Lars Pettersson, Cecilia Nilsson, Óscar Rodríguez de Rivera

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Vojtech Brlik @ecobrlik.bsky.social · Dec 7
15 000 fieldworkers | 28 countries | decades of effort | 170 #bird species🐦

Data paper on European long-term population changes in #birds: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Data: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

#ornithology
Long-term and large-scale multispecies dataset tracking population changes of common European breeding birds - Scientific Data
Measurement(s) population Technology Type(s) Count Factor Type(s) time scale • geographic location Sample Characteristic - Organism Aves Sample Characteristic - Location Europe Machine-accessible meta...
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Oscar RdR Ortega @orrortega.bsky.social · Dec 5
Some art to introduce my seminar next week about spatial models in forest ecosystems. Not everything is going to be formulae!

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Tiago A. Marques @talom.bsky.social · Dec 2
If you're looking for a gentle introduction to fit linear mixed models with R, with lots of examples, data & code available, here's one below. And not just another paper, just realized this one actually cites a Marvel’s comic book: cool-geek level unlocked :) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Paula Moraga @paulamoraga.bsky.social · Nov 23
📚 Spatial Statistics for #datascience w/ #rstats

Chapter 1: Spatial Data Types
🔹 Areal: aggregated number of events (disease counts)
🔹 Geostatistical: observations at known locations (air pollution)
🔹 Point patterns: event locations (fires, trees)

Examples 👉 www.paulamoraga.com/book-spatial...

Reposted by Kate J. Helmstedt, Óscar Rodríguez de Rivera

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Matthew Holden 🏳️‍🌈 @matthholden.bsky.social · Nov 18
When do you need to collect more data? ... surprisingly, more data often has little value for decisions. Our new paper unravels why "Value of Information Analyses" can yield surprising results in #ecology doi.org/10.1111/2041... w @katehelmstedt.bsky.social in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social 🌍
3D plots showing how the value of information is often low and only high when an analytic condition is met. See the paper in link for a full description Plots showing how the value of information depends on the number of actions and states, with more actions and states often leading to higher value of information. See the paper in the link for a full description

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Oscar RdR Ortega @orrortega.bsky.social · Nov 17
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Oscar RdR Ortega @orrortega.bsky.social · Nov 17
I would love to be added please!

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Oscar RdR Ortega @orrortega.bsky.social · Oct 17
PhD alert!!! I am advertising a PhD position in spatial modelling in ecology. If you want to have fun trying to understand ecological processes applying cool models with pretty pictures drop me an email!!
More info in the link (project 3)

www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

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Oscar RdR Ortega @orrortega.bsky.social · Mar 30
New paper alert!!! Marked point process to understand a little bit better wildfires in the Mediterranean

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Spatio-Temporal Marked Point Process Model to Understand Forest Fires in the Mediterranean Basin - Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics
Understanding and predicting forest fires have proved a highly difficult endeavour, which requires extending and adapting complex models used in different fields. Here, we apply a marked point process...
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