This workshop will provide hands-on experience with introductory to advanced concepts and analytical methods in matrix projection models, with a particular focus on integral projection models. Specific topics include:
Life history models and an intro to R, Basic theory and practice of matrix building, Deterministic and stochastic analysis, Density-dependence and complex analyses, General projection analysis

Graduate students, post-docs, conservation professionals, and others wishing to become familiar with matrix analysis in R constitute the intended audience. I intend for the material to be accessible even to those just entering population ecology with only the most basic understanding, and so it will cover some theory in addition to actual practice in R. Students without experience using R will gain some general expertise in this programming language, and learn how to do these complex analyses in R.