Populations, demography, genetics.
Numerical ecology
by Legendre, Pierre, Legendre, Louis
fromDevelopments in environmental modelling
The book describes and discusses the numerical methods which are successfully being used for analysing ecological data, using a clear and comprehensive approach. These methods are derived from the fields of mathematical physics, parametric and nonparametric statistics, informati…
"This book provides a unique synthesis of the methods and techniques available for the study of populations and ecosystems. Techniques used to obtain both absolute and relative population estimates are described, and approaches to the direct measurement of births, deaths, migrat…
This classic text, whose First Edition one reviewer referred to as ""the ecologists' bible, "" has been substantially revised and rewritten. Not only have the advances made in the field since the Second Edition been taken into account, but the scope has been explicitly extended …