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Handbook of Quantitative Ecology
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Handbook of Quantitative Ecology
Current price: $95.00
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Handbook of Quantitative Ecology
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Quantitative research techniques have become increasingly important in ecology and conservation biology, but the sheer breadth of methods that must be understoodfrom population modeling and probabilistic thinking to modern statistics, simulation, and data scienceand a lack of computational or mathematics training have hindered quantitative literacy in these fields. In this book
ecologist Justin Kitzes addresses those challenges for students and practicing scientists alike. Requiring only basic algebra and the ability to use a spreadsheet,
is designed to provide a practical, intuitive, and integrated introduction to widely used quantitative methods. Kitzes builds each chapter around a specific ecological problem and arrives, step by step, at a general principle through the process of solving that problem. Grouped into five broad categoriesdifference equations, probability, matrix models, likelihood statistics, and other numerical methodsthe book introduces basic concepts, starting with exponential and logistic growth, and helps readers to understand the field’s more advanced subjects, such as bootstrapping, stochastic optimization, and cellular automata. Complete with online solutions to all numerical problems, Kitzes’s
is an ideal coursebook for both undergraduate and graduate students of ecology, as well as a useful and necessary resource for mathematically out-of-practice scientists.