LRC Services

Larid Research and Conservation offers consulting support for agencies, land managers, and research partners who need rigorous, applied analysis of movement and ecological data — without the overhead of hiring in-house. I build custom, reproducible analysis pipelines in R, tailored to your dataset and your management or research question — not a one-size-fits-all template. Below are the core services I offer. Get in touch to talk about your project’s needs and scope. LRC takes on projects ranging from short analytical consultations to multi-year collaborative research partnerships. If you have a dataset that needs analysis, a report that needs to get across the finish line, or a project that needs designing from the ground up, reach out and let’s talk about scope and fit.

Quantitative Data Analysis

I work with GPS telemetry, satellite tracking, and other movement or behavioral datasets to answer specific management and research questions. Services include:

Home range and space use estimation (KDE, aKDE, adeHabitat)
Behavioral state classification from tracking data (hidden Markov models)
Habitat selection and resource use analysis (, hierarchical models, iSSA)
Stable isotope mixing models for diet and habitat connectivity questions (MixSIAR, SIBER)
Mixed-effects modeling (GAM, GLMMs, binomial, and multinomial logistic regression)
Migration phase detection and stopover/wintering site delineation
Spatial clustering and site-use pattern analysis (recursion analysis, DBSCAN)

Report Writing & Analysis Support

Good analysis only has value if it’s communicated clearly. I provide:

Technical reports for agencies, funders, and land managers
Peer-reviewed manuscript preparation and co-authorship
Editing and critique of existing drafts, from framing through statistical reporting
Lay summaries and plain-language translations of technical findings for non-specialist audiences
Figures and visualizations built for publication or presentation

I write in plain, direct language and aim for results that are usable by the people who need to act on them, whether that’s a peer reviewer or a field manager.

Project Design & Implementation

Whether you’re scoping a new monitoring program or trying to get more out of an existing dataset, I can help with:

Study design and sampling strategy for movement and demographic studies
Telemetry program design (tag selection, deployment strategy, data management planning)
Grant and proposal development support
Bridging the gap between academic research methods and field-level implementation

My goal is to help conservation partners translate research into strategies that are actually workable given real-world constraints — budget, staff time, and the biology of the species involved.

Training & Capacity Building

Agencies and organizations often have staff or students who could take on more analysis in-house with the right training. For students finding it difficult to get the hands-on training needed for avian projects, I offer:

Hands-on workshops in R for ecological data analysis
Training in bird capture and handling, telemetry data processing, and movement analysis workflows
Guided instruction in analyses.
Custom training tailored to fit project needs.

Training can be delivered as one-to-one, standalone workshop or built into a larger analysis or project design engagement, so your team retains the capacity to continue the work after I’m gone.