Sampling and statistical methods for behavioral ecologists / Jonathan Bart, Michael A. Fligner, and William I. Notz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bart, Jonathan, author.

Fligner, Michael A., author.

Notz, William, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal behavior--Statistical methods.

Animal behavior.

Sampling (Statistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 330 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Sampling & Statistical Methods for Behavioral Ecologists

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This 1998 book describes the sampling and statistical methods used most often by behavioral ecologists and field biologists. Written by a biologist and two statisticians, it provides a rigorous discussion together with worked examples of statistical concepts and methods that are generally not covered in introductory courses, and which are consequently poorly understood and applied by field biologists. The first section reviews important issues such as defining the statistical population and the sampling plan when using non-random methods for sample selection, bias, interpretation of statistical tests, confidence intervals and multiple comparisons. After a detailed discussion of sampling methods and multiple regression, subsequent chapters discuss specialized problems such as pseudoreplication, and their solutions. It will quickly become the statistical handbook for all field biologists.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Statistical analysis in behavioral ecology; 2 Estimation; 3 Tests and confidence intervals; 4 Survey sampling methods; 5 Regression; 6 Pseudoreplication; 7 Sampling behavior; 8 Monitoring abundance; 9 Capture...recapture methods; 10 Estimating survivorship; 11 Resource selection; 12 Other statistical methods; Appendix One Frequently used statistical methods; Appendix Two Statistical tables; Appendix Three Notes for Appendix One; References; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 320-327) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-11217-6

0-511-01142-3

1-280-41671-8

9786610416714

0-511-17346-6

0-511-15253-1

0-511-32757-9

0-511-61257-5

0-511-05278-2

OCLC:

475915168