Analyzing Ecological Data (inbunden, eng)

This book provides a practical introduction to analyzing ecological data using real data sets. The first part gives a largely non-mathematical introduction to data exploration, univariate methods (including GAM and mixed modeling techniques), multivariate analysis, time series analysis, and spatial statistics.

The second part provides 17 case studies. The case studies include topics ranging from terrestrial ecology to marine biology and can be used as a template for a reader''s own data analysis. Data from all case studies are available from www.highstat.com Guidance on software is provided in the book.