Course materials for ConGen2009

This page contains public course materials for ConGen2009.

Dataset usage

We recommend students to use their own datasets in the "hands on" sessions. For that, conversion of existing data might be necessary. If you have any doubts converting data please don't hesitate to contact us.

Conversion programs

Convert
Formatomatic

General literature

Check here.

Programs being used during the course

The following programs will be used:

Instructor	Application	Publications	Mac?	Extra material
Fred Allendorf	NA	Available here	NA	NA
Tiago Antao	LOSITAN	Available	Yes	None
Ted Cosart	Python (check the link for special instructions)	Here	Yes	No
Sam Cushman	GenAlEx plus R	Soon	No	Here and NEW EXTRA
Oscar Gaggiotti	GESTE	Available	No	Yes
Oscar Gaggiotti	COLONISE	Available	No	None
Katherine Kendall	NA	Available	NA	None
Bob Lacy	Vortex (including manual)	Available	No	Available
Gordon Luikart	Bottleneck	Available here	No	Available here
Jonathan Pritchard	Structure 2.3	Available here, including soft documentation	Yes	Available
Mike Schwartz	Dropout	Available here	No	None
Robin Waples	EasyPop	Available here	Yes	None
Robin Waples	LDNe	Available here	No	None

We recommend that you check which programs are relevant to your datasets and research questions and that you bring your data in the format required by the programs.
By previous year experience we know that there will not be time, during the course, to do the conversion.

Students from outside the US

For students from outside the US, please don't forget to bring electricity adapters.