Professor Andrew White, Heriot-Watt University, presenting on Mathematical modelling for species conservation: protecting red squirrels in Scotland • Andrew’s presentation covered: how mathematical modelling can enable conservation and disease management in wildlife population dynamics; grey squirrels carry a virus which leads to Squirrelpox (with high mortality in red squirrels), first detected Squirrelpox (SQPV) in Scotland in 2006; developing a model to understand the spread across Scotland and impact on remaining populations; using digital habit records, densities of squirrel populations; probabilistic models of red-grey-Squirrelpox dynamics; enabled prediction of rapid...