Mitarbeitende
Edward John Nicholas Lavender


Edward John Nicholas Lavender
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department Systemanalyse, Integrated Assessment und Modellierung
I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Ecological Modelling research group, led by Helen Moor. My research integrates diverse observational datasets and sophisticated statistical models to study the movement and distributions of aquatic species. Current research projects are centred on modelling animal movements in Marine Protected Areas to support marine management, with a recent focus on the development and application of novel statistical approaches for animal-tracking data.
Animal tracking for conservation
We are developing statistical methods to reconstruct animal movements and patterns of space use from animal-tracking data. Our research includes the development and application of Bayesian model inference methods, especially particle filtering and smoothing techniques, in different settings. We are also leading the development and dissemination of software packages that make these techniques available to the wider community. This work is motivated by the conservation needs of endangered species, such as the Critically Endangered flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius).
Curriculum Vitae
PhD | Lavender, E. (2022). Modelling the movements of flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius) in relation to a Scottish Marine Protected Area. Univ. of St Andrews. https://doi.org/10.17630/sta/201 |
Publications
Lavender, E. et al. (in review). Particle algorithms for animal movement modelling in autonomous receiver networks. bioRxiv 2024.09.16.613223; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.16.613223
Lavender, E. et al. (in review). patter: particle algorithms for animal tracking in R and Julia. bioRxiv 2024.07.30.605733; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.30.605733
Cole*, C., Lavender*, E. et al. (in press). Physiological responses to capture, handling and tagging in the Critically Endangered flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius). Conserv. Physiol.
Lavender, E. et al. (2024). Sex- and length-dependent variation in migratory propensity in brown trout. Ecol. Freshw. Fish. 33: e12745. https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12745
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Research Group
Ecological Modelling