Sampling and Statistical Methods for Behavioral Ecologists

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Overview

Behavioral ecology research raises special statistical problems that are generally not covered in introductory statistics courses. As a result, graduate students and researchers in behaviour, ecology, wildlife, fisheries and other branches of field biology often have trouble solving statistical design and analysis problems. This book bridges the gap, discussing concepts and methods from basic and intermediate statistics that have the greatest relevance to field biologists, pinpointing common statistical pitfalls and how to avoid them.

"...written by a biologist and two statisticians...describes sampling & statistical methods used most often by behavioral ecologists & field biologists...discusses concepts not covered in introductory courses."

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'I found the book was clearly written and quite easy to read. There is a place for a book like this, and it will be useful to many … ' David L. Thomson, Animal Behaviour

'The book is well-structured and statistical argumentation is illustrated with many biological examples. I recommend it strongly to biologists who are interested in learning what kind of problems can occur in the analysis of animal behaviour.' Ethology

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780521450959
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publication date: 12/10/1998
  • Pages: 352
  • Product dimensions: 5.98 (w) x 8.98 (h) x 0.87 (d)

Table of Contents

Preface
1 Statistical analysis in behavioral ecology 1
2 Estimation 14
3 Tests and confidence intervals 47
4 Survey sampling methods 85
5 Regression 148
6 Pseudoreplication 177
7 Sampling behavior 190
8 Monitoring abundance 200
9 Capture-recapture methods 219
10 Estimating survivorship 228
11 Resource selection 238
12 Other statistical methods 248
App. 1 Frequently used statistical methods 257
App. 2: Statistical tables 279
App. 3: Notes for Appendix One 311
References 320
Index 328
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