Design And Analysis Of Ecological Experiments

Author : Samuel M. Scheiner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198030223
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Design and Analysis of Ecological Experiments written by Samuel M. Scheiner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001-04-26 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecological research and the way that ecologists use statistics continues to change rapidly. This second edition of the best-selling Design and Analysis of Ecological Experiments leads these trends with an update of this now-standard reference book, with a discussion of the latest developments in experimental ecology and statistical practice. The goal of this volume is to encourage the correct use of some of the more well known statistical techniques and to make some of the less well known but potentially very useful techniques available. Chapters from the first edition have been substantially revised and new chapters have been added. Readers are introduced to statistical techniques that may be unfamiliar to many ecologists, including power analysis, logistic regression, randomization tests and empirical Bayesian analysis. In addition, a strong foundation is laid in more established statistical techniques in ecology including exploratory data analysis, spatial statistics, path analysis and meta-analysis. Each technique is presented in the context of resolving an ecological issue. Anyone from graduate students to established research ecologists will find a great deal of new practical and useful information in this current edition.

Author : Sam Scheiner
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000152960
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Design and Analysis of Ecological Experiments written by Sam Scheiner and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-07-25 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of this book is to make some underutilized but potentially very useful methods in experimental design and analysis available to ecologists, and to encourage better use of standard statistical techniques. Ecology has become more and more an experimental science in both basic and applied work,but experiments in the field and in the laboratory often present formidable statistical difficulties. Organized around providing solutions to ecological problems, this book offers ways to improve the statistical aspects of conducting manipulative ecological experiments, from setting them up to interpreting and reporting the results. An abundance of tools, including advanced approaches, are made available to ecologists in step-by-step examples, with computer code provided for common statistical packages. This is an essential how-to guide for the working ecologist and for graduate students preparing for research and teaching careers in the field of ecology.

Author : Scheiner
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ISBN 13 : 9780412149115
Total Pages : pages
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ISBN 13 : 9780412149214
Total Pages : pages
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Author : A. J. Underwood
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521556965
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Experiments in Ecology written by A. J. Underwood and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1996, this book is a logical and consistent approach to experimental design using statistical principles.

Author : A. J. Underwood
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107078636
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Experiments in Ecology written by A. J. Underwood and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-12-12 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecological theories and hypotheses are usually complex because of natural variability in space and time, which often makes the design of experiments difficult. The statistical tests we use require data to be collected carefully and with proper regard to the needs of these tests. This book, first published in 1996, describes how to design ecological experiments from a statistical basis using analysis of variance, so that we can draw reliable conclusions. The logical procedures that lead to a need for experiments are described, followed by an introduction to simple statistical tests. This leads to a detailed account of analysis of variance, looking at procedures, assumptions and problems. One-factor analysis is extended to nested (hierarchical) designs and factorial analysis. Finally, some regression methods for examining relationships between variables are covered. Examples of ecological experiments are used throughout to illustrate the procedures and examine problems. This book will be invaluable to practising ecologists as well as advanced students involved in experimental design.

Author : Gerald Peter Quinn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521009768
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Experimental Design and Data Analysis for Biologists written by Gerald Peter Quinn and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-03-21 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regression, analysis of variance, correlation, graphical.

Author : Nelson G. Hairston
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521346924
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ecological Experiments written by Nelson G. Hairston and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989-11-24 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecological Experiments stresses the importance to ecology of field experiments, where variables are manipulated in order to collect data on specific hypotheses, as opposed to the more passive observational method. The book begins by introducing a series of ecological questions that can be addressed experimentally for example, what is the significance of competition among species? The minimal requirements of experimental design that must be met are then introduced, together with examples of good and poor experiments from the ecological literature and a consideration of the trade-offs that may be forced on the experimenter by field conditions. All ecologists, and especially students beginning their careers in field study, will find in this text a good introduction to the experimental foundation of ecology.

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ISBN 13 : 9781107095106
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book EXPERIMENTS IN ECOLOGY: THEIR LOGICAL DESIGN AND INTERPRETATION USING ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1996, this book is a logical and consistent approach to experimental design using statistical principles.

Author : Urie BRONFENBRENNER
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674028848
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ecology of Human Development written by Urie BRONFENBRENNER and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a book that challenges the very basis of the way psychologists have studied child development. According to Urie Bronfenbrenner, one of the world's foremost developmental psychologists, laboratory studies of the child's behavior sacrifice too much in order to gain experimental control and analytic rigor. Laboratory observations, he argues, too often lead to "the science of the strange behavior of children in strange situations with strange adults for the briefest possible periods of time." To understand the way children actually develop, Bronfenbrenner believes that it will be necessary to observe their behavior in natural settings, while they are interacting with familiar adults over prolonged periods of time. This book offers an important blueprint for constructing such a new and ecologically valid psychology of development. The blueprint includes a complete conceptual framework for analysing the layers of the environment that have a formative influence on the child. This framework is applied to a variety of settings in which children commonly develop, ranging from the pediatric ward to daycare, school, and various family configurations. The result is a rich set of hypotheses about the developmental consequences of various types of environments. Where current research bears on these hypotheses, Bronfenbrenner marshals the data to show how an ecological theory can be tested. Where no relevant data exist, he suggests new and interesting ecological experiments that might be undertaken to resolve current unknowns. Bronfenbrenner's groundbreaking program for reform in developmental psychology is certain to be controversial. His argument flies in the face of standard psychological procedures and challenges psychology to become more relevant to the ways in which children actually develop. It is a challenge psychology can ill-afford to ignore.