Courses

Since 2019 the FRB-CESAB offers courses for the research community.


Ongoing



Reproducible Research in Computational Ecology

Since 2019  •  Co-organised with the GdR EcoStat
A five-day training course on reproducibility, software development and version management tools (Research compendium, Git, GitHub, R Markdown, Quarto, renv, Docker).

 https://rdatatoolbox.github.io/
 https://github.com/rdatatoolbox/


Theory-Driven Analysis of Ecological Data

Since 2022  •  Co-organised with the GdR TheoMoDive
A five-day training course on mathematical modelling (differential equations, Lotka Volterra, Jacobian matrices), and the statistical links between models and data.

 https://theodatasci.github.io/
 https://github.com/theodatasci/


Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses

Since 2022  •  Co-organised with the UMS PatriNat
A five-day training course on methods and techniques of meta-analyses and systematic reviews/maps applied to the field of biodiversity.

 https://literaturesynthesis.github.io/
 https://github.com/literaturesynthesis/


Analyzing Ecological Networks

Since 2024  •  Co-organised with the ANR ECONET
This five-day training course is an introduction to networks, classical metrics (including modularity, nesteness, clustering), null models, generative models (including SBM), multilayer networks.

 https://econetoolbox.github.io/
 https://github.com/econetoolbox/


Biodiversity Data Management

Since 2024  •  Co-organised with the PNDB & GBIF France
A five-day training course on the different stages of the data cycle, from acquisition to opening, including management, storage and the drafting of data papers..

 https://biodiversitydata.github.io/
 https://github.com/biodiversitydata/


Coming soon



Artificial Intelligence & Biodiversity

Planned in 2024


Finished



Functional Rarity and Diversity in Ecology

2022  •  Co-organised with the CESAB working group FREE
A four-hour training course on functional rarity and diversity in ecology using the R packages mFD and funrar.

 https://frbcesab.github.io/workshop-free/
 https://github.com/frbcesab/workshop-free/