Design and analysis of ecological experiments / edited by Samuel M. Scheiner and Jessica Gurevitch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scheiner, Samuel M., 1956-

Gurevitch, Jessica

Class of 1932 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecology--Statistical methods.

Ecology.

Experimental design.

Physical Description:

xvi, 415 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Summary:

This book focuses on the design and analysis of ecological experiments, concentrating on statistical approaches. Each chapter presents a particular statistical technique or set of techniques in the context of resolving an ecological issue. The first edition, published by Chapman and Hall in 1993, has sold about 4500 copies, and continues to sell. Chapters from the first edition have been substantially revised and new chapters have been added, including power analysis, logistic regression, randomization tests and empirical Bayesian analysis.

Contents:

1 Theories, Hypotheses, and Statistics / Samuel M. Scheiner 3

2 Power Analysis and Experimental Design / Robert J. Steidl, Len Thomas 14

3 Exploratory Data Analysis and Graphic Display / Aaron M. Ellison 37

4 ANOVA: Experimental Layout and Analysis / Catherine Potvin 63

5 ANOVA and ANCOVA: Field Competition Experiments / Deborah E. Goldberg, Samuel M. Scheiner 77

6 MANOVA: Multiple Response Variables and Multispecies Interactions / Samuel M. Scheiner 99

7 ANCOVA: Nonparametric and Randomization Approaches / Peter S. Petraitis, Steven J. Beaupre, Arthur E. Dunham 116

8 Repeated-measures Analysis: Growth and Other Time-dependent Measures / Carl N. von Ende 134

9 Time Series Intervention Analysis: Unreplicated Large-scale Experiments / Paul W. Rasmussen, Dennis M. Heisey, Erik V. Nordheim, Thomas M. Frost 158

10 Nonlinear Curve Fitting: Predation and Functional Response Curves / Steven A. Juliano 178

11 Logit Modeling and Logistic Regression: Aphids, Ants, and Plants / Ted Floyd 197

12 Path Analysis: Pollination / Randall J. Mitchell 217

13 Failure-time Analysis: Studying Times to Events and Rates at Which Events Occur / Gordon A. Fox 235

14 The Bootstrap and the Jackknife: Describing the Precision of Ecological Indices / Philip M. Dixon 267

15 Spatial Statistics: Analysis of Field Experiments / Jay M. Ver Hoef, Noel Cressie 289

16 Mantel Tests: Spatial Structure in Field Experiments / Marie-Josee Fortin, Jessica Gurevitch 308

17 Bayesian Statistics: Estimating Plant Demographic Parameters / James S. Clark, Michael Lavine 327

18 Meta-analysis: Combining the Results of Independent Experiments / Jessica Gurevitch, Larry V. Hedges 347.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-401) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

0195131878

0195131886

OCLC:

43694448