A primer of ecological statistics / Nicholas J. Gotelli, University of Vermont, Aaron M. Ellison, Harvard Forest.

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Main Author: Gotelli, Nicholas J., 1959-
Other Authors: Ellison, Aaron M., 1960-
Language:English
Published: Sunderland, Massachusetts : Sinauer Associates, Inc. Publishers, [2013]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Ecology > Statistical methods.
Local Note:
MSU: Purchased in part with funds provided by the Russell and Laura Whalls Library Endowment Fund.
Physical Description:xxi, 614 pages : illustrations (some colored) ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Ch. 1. An introduction to probability
  • Ch.2. Random variables and probability distributions
  • Ch. 3. Summary statistics: measures of location and spread
  • Ch. 4. Framing and testing hypotheses
  • Ch. 5. Three frameworks for statistical analysis
  • Ch. 6. Designing successful field studies
  • Ch. 7. A bestiary of experimental and sampling designs
  • Ch. 8. Managing and curating data
  • Ch. 9. Regression
  • Ch.10. The analysis of variance
  • Ch.11. The analysis of categorical data
  • Ch.12. The analysis of multivariate data
  • Ch.13. The measurement of biodiversity
  • Ch.14. Detecting populations and estimating their size
  • Appendix.