Colin Thompson

Using survival theory models to quantify extinctions

Colin J Thompson, Saritha Kodikara, Mark A Burgman, Haydar Demirhan, Lewi Stone

Journal article  |  2020  |  BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Extinctions are difficult to observe and typically are inferred from the timing and reliability of field observations and collecti..

Bayesian updating to estimate extinction from sequential observation data

Colin J Thompson, Saritha Kodikara, Mark A Burgman, Haydar Demirhan, Lewi Stone

Journal article  |  2019  |  BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Several new approaches to estimating the probability that a species is extinct have emerged recently. Different foundational assum..

Inferring extinctions II: A practical, iterative model based on records and surveys

Colin J Thompson, Vira Koshkina, Mark A Burgman, Stuart HM Butchart, Lewi Stone

Journal article  |  2017  |  BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Extinctions are difficult to observe. Estimating the probability that a taxon has gone extinct using data from the field aids prio..

Decisions with Relative Robustness

Colin J Thompson

Book Chapter  |  2017

A discrete Markov metapopulation model for persistence and extinction of species

Colin J Thompson, Elad Shtilerman, Lewi Stone

Journal article  |  2016  |  JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

A simple discrete generation Markov metapopulation model is formulated for studying the persistence and extinction dynamics of a s..

Species distributions and area relationships

CJ Thompson, TE Lee, MA McCarthy

Journal article  |  2014  |  JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

The well-known species-area relationship is one of many scaling laws, or allometries, in ecology and biology that have received mu..

A novel method for estimating the number of species within a region

Elad Shtilerman, Colin J Thompson, Lewi Stone, Michael Bode, Mark Burgman

Journal article  |  2014  |  PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Ecologists are often required to estimate the number of species in a region or designated area. A number of diversity indices are ..

The Golden-Thompson inequality: Historical aspects and random matrix applications

Peter J Forrester, Colin J Thompson

Journal article  |  2014  |  JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS

The Golden-Thompson inequality, Tr (eA+B)≤ Tr (eAeB) for A, B Hermitianmatrices, appeared in independent works by Golden and Thomp..

Inferring extinction risks from sighting records

CJ Thompson, TE Lee, L Stone, MA McCarthy, MA Burgman

Journal article  |  2013  |  JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Estimating the probability that a species is extinct based on historical sighting records is important when deciding how much effo..

Surveillance for threatened and invasive species when uncertainty is severe

Colin J Thompson, Rob M Cannon, Mark A Burgman

Journal article  |  2012  |  DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Aim: This study develops methods for efficient surveillance and monitoring systems to address a wide range of problems in biosecur..