Status for July 25

25 Jul 2016

What have I worked on?

tempVarInfection: revisions completed. Sent to John for edits.
dispersalTrait: more preliminary trials
hostRange: writing. Probably should get John’s opinion on addition I made before I go too far down this road. Maybe also send to Shan for her opinion.
popBuffering: Gabe suggested adding some form of modeling component, largely out of a fear that the results are too weak to stand by themselves. It is a bit weak, and I might just let this one die.
roleConservation: ran into some conceptual issues as a result of the sparsity of some of the data. Need to rethink metrics, or use a different dataset.

dispersalTrait: refine given what you’ve observed from the preliminary trials. Think about best way to mark beetles (currently thinking WhiteOut mixed with flourescent powder … science, amiright?).
hostRange: get this to a place where you feel comfortable sending to both John and Shan.
reading: as priorityEffects runs, need to read lots and lots more to get grounded in the system and stochastic pop dynamics.