None: Krebs-1999
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Title
| Ecological Methodology |
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Author
| Krebs, C.J. |
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Abstract/Summary Statement
| This coherent text translates the methods of statisticians into "ecological English" so that students may readily apply these methods to the real world. Ecological Methodology, Second Edition provides a balance of material on animal and plant populations. It teaches students of ecology how to design the most efficient tests in order to obtain maximum precision with minimal work. The first part of the text focuses on biological and technical issues in statistical methodology. Students learn about advances that have been made in designing better sampling devices, along with the techniques and equipment used for sampling. The second part deals with creating solid statistical design, and presents all methods that are well-known to statisticians in a language and context that students will easily understand. |
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Table of Contents
| Chapters: 1. Ecological Data Part One: Estimating Abundance in Animal and Plant Populations 2. Estimating Abundance: Mark-Recapure Techniques 3. Estimating Abundance: Removal Methods and Resight Methods 4. Estimating Abundance: Quadrat Counts 5. Estimating Abundance: Line Transects and Distance Methods Part Two: Spatial Pattern in Animal and Plant Populations 6. Spatial Pattern and Indices of Dispersion Part Three: Sampling and Experimental Design 7. Sample Size Determination and Statistical Power 8. Sampling Designs: Random, Adaptive, and Systematic Sampling 9. Sequential Sampling 10. Experimental Designs Part Four: Estimating Community Parameters 11. Similarity Coefficients and Cluster Analysis 12. Species Diversity Measures 13. Niche Measures and Resource Preferences Part Five: Ecological Miscellanea 14. Estimation of Survival Rates 15. The Garbage Can Appendices References Index |
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Citation
| Krebs, C.J., 1999, Ecological Methodology, second edition: Benjamin Cummings, Menlo Park, CA. 631 pp. |
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Method Source
| Not assigned |
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Source Organization Country
| Canada |
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Publication Year
| 1999 |
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Special Notes
| Second edition |
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Item Type
| Book |
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Publication Source Type
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Academic Institution |
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Purpose
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Data analysis Monitoring program design |
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Design or Data Analysis Objectives
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Communities & populations Compare locations Compare treatments Continuous (sensor) data Exploring/summarizing data Interpolate concentrations Probability survey Relationships & correlations Spatial trends Temporal trends |
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Complexity
| Medium |
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Media Emphasized
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Biological |
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