{"id":16,"date":"2020-05-29T11:22:14","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T15:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tdonovan-vtcfwru\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:12:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T20:12:26","slug":"courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tdonovan-vtcfwru\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vermont Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Spreadsheet \/ R Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Spreadsheet \/ R Project was launched in 2005 and is directed by Therese Donovan, a U.S. Geological Survey&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www1.usgs.gov\/coopunits\/unit\/Vermont\">Cooperative Research Unit<\/a>&nbsp;scientist at The University of Vermont. The materials posted here are intended to improve student&#8217;s understanding of quantitative methods for analyzing wildlife population dynamics. The Project includes spreadsheet and R exercises on a variety of ecological and evolutionary topics, including quantitative estimation of population parameters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-silver-lighter-30-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tdonovan-vtcfwru\/textbooks\/\" style=\"border-radius:10px\">Books<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter is-style-outline is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-silver-lighter-30-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tdonovan-vtcfwru\/video-courses\/\" style=\"border-radius:10px\">Video Courses<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter is-style-outline is-style-outline--4\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-silver-lighter-30-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tdonovan-vtcfwru\/r-resources\/\" style=\"border-radius:10px\">R Resources<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">&#8212; 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