Eleni Matechou

Eleni Matechou

Reader in Statistics

School of Mathematical Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

Publications

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2025

Relevant PublicationAuthors' reply to the Discussion of ‘Efficient statistical inference methods for assessing changes in species’ at the ‘Discussion Meeting on the Analysis of citizen science data’
Dennis E, Diana A, Matechou E and Morgan B
Journal of The Royal Statistical Society Series a (Statistics in Society), Oxford University Press (OUP) 
11-04-2025

2024

Relevant PublicationeDNAPlus: A Unifying Modeling Framework for DNA-based Biodiversity Monitoring
Diana A, Matechou E, Griffin J, Yu DW, Luo M, Tosa M, Bush A and Griffiths RA
Journal of The American Statistical Association, Taylor & Francis vol. 120 (549), 120-134.  
23-12-2024
Relevant PublicationUsing population register data and capture-recapture models to estimate over-coverage in Sweden
Santos B, Mussino E, Drefahl S and Matechou E
Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 14 (1) 
18-12-2024
Relevant PublicationModeling Disease Dynamics From Spatially Explicit Capture‐Recapture Data
Ketwaroo FR, Matechou E, Silk M and Delahay R
Environmetrics, Wiley vol. 36 (1) 
02-12-2024
Relevant PublicationModels with observation error and temporary emigration for count data
Ketwaroo FR, Matechou E, Biddle R, Tollington S and Da Silva ML
The Annals of Applied Statistics, Institute of Mathematical Statistics vol. 18 (4) 
01-12-2024
Relevant PublicationEfficient statistical inference methods for assessing changes in species’ populations using citizen science data
Dennis EB, Diana A, Matechou E and Morgan BJT
Journal of The Royal Statistical Society Series a (Statistics in Society), Oxford University Press (OUP) 
05-10-2024

2023

Relevant PublicationMultiple systems estimation for studying over-coverage and its heterogeneity in population registers
Mussino E, Santos B, Monti A, Matechou E and Drefahl S
Quality & Quantity, Springer Nature vol. 58 (6), 5033-5056.  
10-10-2023
Relevant PublicationMotivations and sensitivities surrounding the illegal trade of sea turtles in Costa Rica
Pheasey H, Griffiths RA, Matechou E and Roberts DL
Ecology and Society, Resilience Alliance vol. 28 (4) 
01-01-2023

2022

Relevant PublicationFast Bayesian Inference for Large Occupancy Datasets
Diana A, Dennis EB, Matechou E and Morgan BJT
Biometrics, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 79 (3), 2503-2515.  
29-12-2022
Relevant PublicationA vector of point processes for modeling interactions between and within species using capture‐recapture data
Diana A, Matechou E, Griffin JE, Jhala Y and Qureshi Q
Environmetrics, Wiley vol. 33 (8) 
01-12-2022
Relevant PublicationCapture-Recapture Models with Heterogeneous Temporary Emigration
Matechou E and Argiento R
Journal of The American Statistical Association, Taylor & Francis vol. 118 (541), 56-69.  
02-11-2022
Relevant PublicationA General Modeling Framework for Open Wildlife Populations Based on the Polya Tree Prior
Diana A, Matechou E, Griffin J, Arnold T, Tenan S and Volponi S
Biometrics, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 79 (3), 2171-2183.  
06-09-2022
Relevant PublicationOutstanding challenges and future directions for biodiversity monitoring using citizen science data
Johnston A, Matechou E and Dennis EB
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Wiley vol. 14 (1), 103-116.  
18-03-2022
Relevant PublicationReliability of environmental DNA surveys to detect pond occupancy by newts at a national scale
Buxton A, Diana A, Matechou E, Griffin J and Griffiths RA
Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 12 (1) 
25-01-2022

2021

Relevant PublicationAn RShiny app for modelling environmental DNA data: accounting for false positive and false negative observation error
Diana A, Matechou E, Griffin JE, Buxton AS and Griffiths RA
Ecography, Wiley vol. 44 (12), 1838-1844.  
20-10-2021
Relevant PublicationOptimising sampling and analysis protocols in environmental DNA studies
Buxton A, Matechou E, Griffin J, Diana A and Griffiths RA
Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 11 (1) 
02-06-2021
Relevant PublicationParasites, Drugs and Captivity: Blastocystis-Microbiome Associations in Captive Water Voles
Betts EL, Hoque S, Torbe L, Bailey JR, Ryan H, Toller K, Breakell V, Carpenter AI, Diana A, Matechou E, Gentekaki E and Tsaousis AD
Biology, Mdpi vol. 10 (6) 
22-05-2021
Relevant PublicationTrade of legal and illegal marine wildlife products in markets: integrating shopping list and survival analysis approaches
Pheasey H, Matechou E, Griffiths RA and Roberts DL
Animal Conservation, Wiley vol. 24 (4), 700-708.  
10-02-2021

2020

Relevant PublicationDuration of female parental care and their survival in the little auk Alle alle - are these two traits linked?
Wojczulanis-Jakubas K, Jiménez-Muñoz M, Jakubas D, Kidawa D, Karnovsky N, Cole D and Matechou E
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Springer Nature vol. 74 (7) 
12-06-2020
Relevant PublicationA hierarchical dependent Dirichlet process prior for modelling bird migration patterns in the UK
Diana A, Matechou E, Griffin J and Johnston A
The Annals of Applied Statistics, Institute of Mathematical Statistics vol. 14 (1), 473-493.  
01-03-2020

2019

Relevant PublicationModelling Environmental DNA Data; Bayesian Variable Selection Accounting for False Positive and False Negative Errors
Griffin JE, Matechou E, Buxton AS, Bormpoudakis D and Griffiths RA
Journal of The Royal Statistical Society Series C (Applied Statistics), Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 69 (2), 377-392.  
27-12-2019
Relevant PublicationEstimating age‐dependent survival from age‐aggregated ringing data—extending the use of historical records
Jiménez‐Muñoz M, Cole DJ, Freeman SN, Robinson RA, Baillie SR and Matechou E
Ecology and Evolution, Wiley vol. 9 (2), 769-779.  
01-01-2019

2018

Relevant PublicationCaste-Specific Demography and Phenology in Bumblebees: Modelling BeeWalk Data
Matechou E, Freeman SN and Comont R
Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics, Springer Nature vol. 23 (4), 427-445.  
09-08-2018
Relevant PublicationRemoval Models Accounting for Temporary Emigration
Zhou M, McCrea RS, Matechou E, Cole DJ and Griffiths RA
Biometrics, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 75 (1), 24-35.  
06-08-2018
Relevant PublicationModel averaging in ecology: a review of Bayesian, information‐theoretic, and tactical approaches for predictive inference
Dormann CF, Calabrese JM, Guillera‐Arroita G, Matechou E, Bahn V, Bartoń K, Beale CM, Ciuti S, Elith J, Gerstner K, Guelat J, Keil P, Lahoz‐Monfort JJ, Pollock LJ, Reineking B, Roberts DR, Schröder B, Thuiller W, Warton DI, Wintle BA, et al.
Ecological Monographs, Wiley vol. 88 (4), 485-504.  
11-06-2018

2017

Relevant PublicationModelling individual migration patterns using a Bayesian nonparametric approach for capture–recapture data
Matechou E and Caron F
The Annals of Applied Statistics, Institute of Mathematical Statistics vol. 11 (1), 21-40.  
01-03-2017

2016

Relevant PublicationOpen models for removal data
Matechou E, McCrea RS, Morgan BJT, Nash DJ and Griffiths RA
The Annals of Applied Statistics, Institute of Mathematical Statistics vol. 10 (3), 1572-1589.  
01-09-2016
Relevant PublicationBayesian analysis of Jolly-Seber type models
Matechou E, Nicholls GK, Morgan BJT, Collazo JA and Lyons JE
Environmental and Ecological Statistics, Springer Nature vol. 23 (4), 531-547.  
04-08-2016
Relevant PublicationBiclustering Models for Two-Mode Ordinal Data
Matechou E, Liu I, Fernández D, Farias M and Gjelsvik B
Psychometrika, Cambridge University Press (Cup) vol. 81 (3), 611-624.  
21-06-2016

2015

Relevant PublicationReproductive consequences of the timing of seasonal movements in a nonmigratory wild bird population
Matechou E, Cheng SC, Kidd LR and Garroway CJ
Ecology, Wiley vol. 96 (6), 1641-1649.  
01-06-2015

2014

Relevant PublicationMonitoring abundance and phenology in (multivoltine) butterfly species: a novel mixture model
Matechou E, Dennis EB, Freeman SN and Brereton T
Journal of Applied Ecology, Wiley vol. 51 (3), 766-775.  
12-02-2014

2013

Relevant PublicationEstimating age‐specific survival when age is unknown: open population capture–recapture models with age structure and heterogeneity
Matechou E, Pledger S, Efford M, Morgan BJT and Thomson DL
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Wiley vol. 4 (7), 654-664.  
21-05-2013
Relevant PublicationIntegrated Analysis of Capture–Recapture–Resighting Data and Counts of Unmarked Birds at Stop-Over Sites
Matechou E, Morgan BJT, Pledger S, Collazo JA and Lyons JE
Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics, Springer Nature vol. 18 (1), 120-135.  
06-02-2013