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Oliver Hooker (Course Organiser)

Works at – PR statistics (Director)

Oliver started his PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology in June 2012 at the University of Glasgow. At present his research is in the area of ecologically driven evolution and speciation in postglacial fish, and how these processes complicate the application and planning of successful conservation strategies, especially in species that exhibit high levels of phenotypic structuring. Some of his work includes studying anthropogenic influences to phenotypic structuring within populations of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) as well as investigating the physiological mechanisms that may drive and/or maintain ecologically driven speciation. In particular Oliver is interested in furthering the understanding of how genetic isolation arises in sympatric polymorphic populations of Arctic charr and brown trout, (Salmo trutta).

Prior to his PhD Oliver attended the University of Hull from September 2009 – June 2012 where he achieved a first class degree (83% average) with honours in Marine and Freshwater Biology. He was awarded the departmental prize (for outstanding work) in both his second and third year. Oliver set up PR~statistics in April 2014 with the aim of providing specific  training courses and workshops for people at varying stages of their academic career, delivered by experts in these fields.

PUBLICATIONS

Adams, C. E., Bean, C. W., Dodd, J. A., Down, A.,  Etheridge, E. C., Gowans, A R. D., Hooker, O. E.,  Knudsen, R.,  Lyle, A. A., Winfield, I. J. & Præbel, K. (2015) Inter and intra-population phenotypic and genotypic structuring in the European whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus, a rare freshwater fish in Scotland. Journal of Fish Biology. In Press.

Hooker, O. E., Barry, J., Van Leeuwen, T., Lyle, A., Newton, J., Cunningham, P. & Adams, C. E. (2015) Morphological, ecological and behavioural differentiation of sympatric profundal and pelagic Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) in Loch Dughaill Scotland. Hydrobiologia. In press.

Morphological, ecological and behavioural differentiation of sympatric profundal and pelagic Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) in Loch Dughaill Scotland

Van Leeuwen, T., Hooker, O. E., Metcalfe, N. & Adams, C. E. (2015) Differences in diet-induced flexibility in morphology and growth in a partially migratory species. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. [DOI 10.1139/cjfas-2015-0300]

Differences in diet-induced flexibility in morphology and growth in a partially migratory species

Hooker, O.E., Maitland, P. S., Bean, C. W. & Adams, C. E. (2015) Effectiveness of Local Biodiversity Action Plans to Identify Locally Rare and Endangered Fish in Scotland. Scottish Geographical Journal 1-11. [doi.org/10.1080/14702541.2015.1077267]

Effectiveness of Local Biodiversity Action Plans to Identify Locally Rare and Endangered Fish in Scotland

Barry, J., Newton, M., Dodd, J. A., Hooker, O. E., Boylan, P., Lucas, M. C. & Adams, C. E. (2015) Foraging specialisms influence space use and movement patterns of the European eel Anguilla Anguilla. Hydrobiologia 1-16. [DOI 10.1007/s10750-015-2466-z]

Foraging specialisms influence space use and movement patterns of the European eel Anguilla Anguilla

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ONLINE COURSE – Stable Isotope Mixing Models using SIBER, SIAR, MixSIAR (SIMM09) This course will be delivered live

Delivered remotely (Ireland) Western European Time

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ONLINE COURSE – Species Distribution Modeling using R (SDMR05) This course will be delivered live

Delivered remotely (USA east) Eastern Daylight Time, MD

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ONLINE COURSE – Reproducible and collaborative data analysis with R (RACR02) This course will be delivered live

Delivered remotely (Portugal)

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ONLINE COURSE – Species Distribution Modelling With Bayesian Statistics Using R (SDMB05) This course will be delivered live

Delivered remotely (Portugal)

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ONLINE COURSE – Multivariate Analysis Of Ecological Communities Using R With The VEGAN package (VGNR05) This course will be delivered live

Delivered remotely (Finland) Western European Time

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Introduction to eco-phylogenetics and comparative analyses using R (ECPH01R)

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Geostatistics – Handling Spatial and Spatial-temporal data Using R (GSFE01R)

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Advances In Spatial Analysis Of Multivariate Ecological Data: Theory And Practice (MVSP05R)

Delivered remotely (Canada)

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FREE 1 DAY INTRO TO R AND R STUDIO (FIRR01R)

Delivered remotely (United Kingdom) Western European Time Zone

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Remote Sensing With Drone RGB And Near Infrared Cameras (RSWD01R)

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Introduction To R For Ecologists And Evolutionary Biologists (IRFB03R)

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Reproducible Data Science Using RMarkdown, Git, R Packages, Docker, Make & Drake And Other Tools (RDRP01R)

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Introduction / Fundamentals Of Bayesian Data Analysis Statistics Using R (FBDA01R)

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Introduction to structured population models and demographic distribution models (IIPM01R)

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Introduction to Python and Programming in Python (PYIN03R)

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Introduction To Mixed Models Using R And Rstudio (IMMR05R)

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Nonlinear Regression Using Generalized Additive Models (GAMR01R)

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Introduction To Statistics Using R And Rstudio (IRRS03R)

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Data visualization using GG plot 2 (R and Rstudio) (DVGG02R)

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Data Wrangling Using R And Rstudio (DWRS02R)

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Bayesian Approaches To Regression And Mixed Effects Models Using R And brms (BARM01R)

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Introduction To Generalised Linear Models Using R And Rstudio (IGLM04R)

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Introduction To Machine Learning And Deep Learning Using R (IMDL02R)

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Making Beautiful And Effective Maps In R (MAPR04R)

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Introduction To Scientific, Numerical, And Data Analysis Programming In Python (PYSC03R)

Delivered remotely (United Kingdom) Western European Time Zone

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