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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819517503321

Autore

Wildi Otto

Titolo

Data analysis in vegetation ecology / / Otto Wildi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, 2010

ISBN

9786612684357

9781119965633

1119965632

9781282684355

1282684353

9780470661017

0470661011

9780470664971

0470664975

9780470664964

0470664967

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Disciplina

581.70285

Soggetti

Plant communities - Data processing

Plant communities - Mathematical models

Plant ecology - Data processing

Plant ecology - Mathematical models

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Data Analysis in Vegetation Ecology; Contents; Preface; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; 2 Patterns in Vegetation Ecology; 3 Transformation; 4 Multivariate Comparison; 5 Ordination; 6 Classification; 7 Joining Ecological Patterns; 8 Static Explanatory Modelling; 9 Assessing Vegetation Change in Time; 10 Dynamic Modelling; 11 Large Data Sets: Wetland Patterns; 12 Swiss Forests: A Case Study; Appendix A On Using Software; Appendix B Data Sets Used; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Evolving from years of teaching experience by one of the top experts in



vegetation ecology, Data Analysis in Vegetation Ecology aims to explain the background and basics of mathematical (mainly multivariate) analysis of vegetation data. The book lays out the basic operations involved in the analysis, the underlying hypotheses, aims and points of views. It conveys the message that each step in the calculations has a specific, straightforward meaning and that patterns and processes known by ecologists often find their counterpart in mathematical operations and functions. The first chapt