Spatio-Temporal Heterogeneity: Concepts and Analyses

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Spatio-Temporal Heterogeneity: Concepts and Analyses
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Pierre R. L. Dutilleul
SeriesEcology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:416
Dimensions(mm): Height 226,Width 152
Category/GenreEcological science
Biochemistry
ISBN/Barcode 9781107400351
ClassificationsDewey:577
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 26 Tables, black and white; 19 Halftones, unspecified; 74 Line drawings, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 26 May 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Attempts by ecologists to establish models for predicting the growth of a population or the fluctuations of a natural resource can be confounded by environmental heterogeneity. Spatio-Temporal Heterogeneity explores a range of available statistical methods to help ecologists in the attempt to unravel complexities, demonstrating how to place these changes into an understandable statistical framework. It addresses several key questions, including how to interpret the parameters of statistical models in relation to the biological and environmental realities, how to design a study to collect the best sample data and how to avoid pitfalls in modelling, design, statistical assessment and interpretation. Dutilleul uses a variety of examples to facilitate understanding, from plant ecology, earth and atmospheric sciences, animal biology, forestry and limnology. The accompanying CD-ROM contains MATLAB and SAS codes to aid analyses.

Author Biography

Pierre R. L. Dutilleul is Professor, Department of Plant Science, McGill University, Associate Member, McGill School of Environment and Associate Member, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University.

Reviews

'Pierre Dutilleul has written a book that has a friendly style, includes pertinent examples as well as explanations and motivations ... I know of no other book quite like it. I recommend the book highly to students, teachers and researchers in fields including biology, ecology and environmental science as well as in mainstream and applied statistics.' David Brillinger, University of California, Berkeley 'Dutilleul's book achieves the goal of minimizing the conceptual distance between the biologist and the applied statistician ...' Plant Science Bulletin