Multivariate Analysis of Ecological Communities
β Scribed by P. G. N. Digby, R. A. Kempton (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 214
- Series
- Population and Community Biology 5
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
`... this text is certainly one of the best, and it complements the others currently available.'
Ecology
` ... The authors succeed in their goal of bringing together familiar and unfamiliar techniques in a way that is valuable to both ecologists and statisticians. The strengths of the book are the diversity of techniques and strong emphasis on graphics. In this book, statisticians will find clear descriptions of ecological analyses and ecologists will find a wealth of useful ideas.'
American Scientist
`..valuable for everybody interested in multivariate techniques and their application to community studies..'
Acta Botanica Hungarica
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Ecological data....Pages 1-26
Preliminary inspection of data....Pages 27-48
Ordination....Pages 49-111
Methods for comparing ordinations....Pages 112-123
Classification....Pages 124-149
Analysis of asymmetry....Pages 150-175
Computing....Pages 176-186
Back Matter....Pages 187-206
β¦ Subjects
Evolutionary Biology;Ecology;Statistics, general;Civil Engineering
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