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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780251403321

Autore

Bart Jonathan

Titolo

Sampling and statistical methods for behavioral ecologists / / Jonathan Bart, Michael A. Fligner, and William I. Notz [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1998

ISBN

1-107-11217-6

0-511-01142-3

1-280-41671-8

9786610416714

0-511-17346-6

0-511-15253-1

0-511-32757-9

0-511-61257-5

0-511-05278-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 330 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

590/.1/5195

Soggetti

Animal behavior - Statistical methods

Sampling (Statistics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 320-327) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Statistical analysis in behavioral ecology; 2 Estimation; 3 Tests and confidence intervals; 4 Survey sampling methods; 5 Regression; 6 Pseudoreplication; 7 Sampling behavior; 8 Monitoring abundance; 9 Capture...recapture methods; 10 Estimating survivorship; 11 Resource selection; 12 Other statistical methods; Appendix One Frequently used statistical methods; Appendix Two Statistical tables; Appendix Three Notes for Appendix One; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This 1998 book describes the sampling and statistical methods used most often by behavioral ecologists and field biologists. Written by a biologist and two statisticians, it provides a rigorous discussion together with worked examples of statistical concepts and methods that are generally not covered in introductory courses, and which are



consequently poorly understood and applied by field biologists. The first section reviews important issues such as defining the statistical population and the sampling plan when using non-random methods for sample selection, bias, interpretation of statistical tests, confidence intervals and multiple comparisons. After a detailed discussion of sampling methods and multiple regression, subsequent chapters discuss specialized problems such as pseudoreplication, and their solutions. It will quickly become the statistical handbook for all field biologists.