This volume explores animal body size from a macroecological perspective, examining species, populations, and other large groups of animals in order to uncover the patterns and causal mechanisms of body size throughout time and across the globe. The chapters represent diverse sc…
This book, containing 12 chapters including an introduction which focuses on soil fertility under different land use systems in the tropics. Chapter 2 contains a global literature review on human population growth, soil resources of the tropics, tropical land use and management,…
"The application and interpretation of statistics are central to ecological study and practice. Ecologists are now asking more sophisticated questions than in the past. These new questions, together with the continued growth of computing power and the availability of new softwar…
by Barndorff-Nielsen, O. E., (Ole E.), Kendall, W. S., van Lieshout, M. N. M., Séminaire Européen de Statistique on Stochastic Geometry, Theory, and Applications, Université Paul Sabatier)
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Stochastic geometry concerns the study of random geometric structures, and blends geometric, probabilistic, and statistical methods to provide powerful techniques for modeling and analysis. Recent developments in computational statistical analysis, particularly Markov chain Mont…
Written by a team of leading experts in ecology, this text provides details of techniques enabling quantification of biodiversity patterns and their mathematical modelling.
