Publications, workshops and conferences

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Selected Publications

Yoshizaki, J., Pollock, K. H., Brownie, C., and Webster, R. A. (2009), Modeling misidentification errors in capture-recapture studies using photographic tags of evolving marks. Ecology, 90, 3--9.

Webster, R. A., Pollock, K. H., and Simons, T. R. (2008), Bayesian spatial modeling of data from bird surveys. Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics, 13, 121--139.

Webster, R. A., Pollock, K. H., Ghosh, S. K. and Hankin, D. G. (2008), Bayesian spatial modeling of data from unit-count surveys of fish in streams. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 137, 438--453.

O'Connor, C. E., Littin, K. E., Milne, L. M., Airey, A. T., Webster, R., Arthur, D. G., Eason, C. T., and Gregory, N. G. (2007), Behavioural, biochemical, and pathological responses of possums (Tricosurus vulpecula) poisoned with phosphorus paste, New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 55, 109--112.

Forsyth, D. M., Link, W. A., Webster, R., Nugent, G. and Warburton, B. (2005), Nonlinearity and seasonal bias in an index of brushtail possum abundance. Journal of Wildlife Management, 69, 976--981.

Barton, J., Gianotti, A. F., Morin, L. and Webster, R. A. (2003), Exploring the host range of Fusarium tumidum, a candidate bioherbicide for gorse and broom, Australasian Plant Pathology, 32, 203--211.

Schipper, L. A., Clarkson, B. R., Vojvodic-Vulcovic, M. and Webster, R. (2002), Restoring cut-over restiad peat bogs: A factorial experiment of nutrients, seed and cultivation, Ecological Engineering, 19, 29--40.

Alley, J. C., Berben, P. H., Dugdale, J. S., Fitzgerald, B. M., Knightbridge, P. I., Meads, M. J. and Webster, R. A. (2001), Responses of litter-dwelling arthropods and house mice to beech seeding in the Orongorongo Valley, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 31, 425-452.

Fletcher, D. and Webster, R. (1996), Skewness-Adjusted Confidence Intervals in Stratified Biological Surveys. Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics, 1, 120-130.

Papers in Preparation

Webster, R. A., Pollock, K. H., and Simons, T. R., Spatial models for understanding the distribution of bird species.

Webster, R. A., Clark, W. G. and Forsberg, J., Truncated discrete distribution models for migration distance in tag-recovery studies. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.

Webster, R. A., Using spatio-temporal models to map changes in halibut CPUE and to guide management of harvest.

Workshop and conference presentations

Removal Sampling with Migration. IBC, Dublin, Ireland, July 2008. Ray Webster and Bill Clark.

Bayesian Spatial Modeling of Data from Bird Surveys. JSM, Seattle, USA, August 2006. Ray Webster, Ken Pollock and Ted Simons.

Modeling Observer Effects on Animal Density and Detection for Combined Distance and Capture-Recapture Data. IBC, Montreal, Canada, July 2006. Ray Webster and Ken Pollock.

Presence/absence monitoring of juvenile coho salmon in streams. Workshop For Developing a Coastal Salmonid Monitoring Plan, Santa Cruz, CA, USA, March 2004. Ray Webster and Ken Pollock.



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