Surveying Natural Populations: Quantitative Tools for Assessing Biodiversity
Lee-Ann Hayek
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Hardback. Num Pages: 616 pages, 52 illus. BIC Classification: PBT; PSAF; RNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 186 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1628.
Surveying Natural Populations is a user-friendly primer to the essential methodologies of quantitative field ecology or paleoecology. Combining the intuitive methods of the field researcher with the mathematical precision of the statistician, the volume determines, through real biodiversity and ecological examples, the necessary measures for a complete community assessment while clarifying the confusions between biological and statistical terminology. Focusing on underlying mathematical concepts, it describes how to complete incrementally a quantitative sampling of any recent or fossil population. The first half of Surveying Natural Populations explains the fundamentals of ecological assessment. Employing a single data set throughout, initial chapters navigate ... Read more
Surveying Natural Populations is a user-friendly primer to the essential methodologies of quantitative field ecology or paleoecology. Combining the intuitive methods of the field researcher with the mathematical precision of the statistician, the volume determines, through real biodiversity and ecological examples, the necessary measures for a complete community assessment while clarifying the confusions between biological and statistical terminology. Focusing on underlying mathematical concepts, it describes how to complete incrementally a quantitative sampling of any recent or fossil population. The first half of Surveying Natural Populations explains the fundamentals of ecological assessment. Employing a single data set throughout, initial chapters navigate ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
Number of Pages
616
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231146203
SKU
V9780231146203
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About Lee-Ann Hayek
Lee-Ann C. Hayek is chief mathematical statistician and senior research scientist of the Smithsonian Institution and a fellow of the American Statistical Association and the Royal Statistical Society. She is internationally known for her many publications in a wide variety of fields, including biodiversity assessment. Martin A. Buzas is curator of benthic foraminifera and senior geologist in the Department ... Read more
Reviews for Surveying Natural Populations: Quantitative Tools for Assessing Biodiversity
A welcome, noteworthy contribution to the ecology, conservation, and biostatistical literature.
Erica Fleishman Ecology A timely, valuable, and important contribution to the literature on quantitative ecology, conservation, wildlife management, and palaeoecology. I strongly recommend it to all quantitative ecologists and palaeoecologists.
H. J. B. Birks Earth-Science Reviews Reads almost like a novel in comparison to normal statistical books. ... Read more
Erica Fleishman Ecology A timely, valuable, and important contribution to the literature on quantitative ecology, conservation, wildlife management, and palaeoecology. I strongly recommend it to all quantitative ecologists and palaeoecologists.
H. J. B. Birks Earth-Science Reviews Reads almost like a novel in comparison to normal statistical books. ... Read more