Numerical Ecology: Volume 24

Klappentext 3rd edition. Includes new and updated knowledge on advanced numerical methods used in fundamental and applied research for analysing ecological data. Zusammenfassung Describes and discusses the numerical methods which are successfully being used for analysing ecological data, using a clear and comprehensive approach. This book on quantitative analysis of multivariate ecological data relates ecological questions to methods of statistical analysis, with a description of complex numerical methods. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Complex ecological data sets 2. Matrix algebra: a summary 3. Dimensional analysis in ecology 4. Multidimensional quantitative data 5. Multidimensional semiquantitative data 6. Multidimensional qualitative data 7. Ecological resemblance 8. Cluster analysis 9. Ordination in reduced space 10. Interpretation of ecological structures 11. Canonical analysis 12. Ecological data series 13. Spatial analysis 14. Multiscale analysis: spatial eigenfunctions Bibliography Subject index

Autorentext
Pierre Legendre, geb. 1930, ist Rechtshistoriker mit einem weiten psychoanalytischen, kultur- und religionshistorischen Hintergrund. Er lehrt an der Pariser 'École pratique des Hautes Études'.

Zusammenfassung
Describes and discusses the numerical methods which are successfully being used for analysing ecological data, using a clear and comprehensive approach. This book on quantitative analysis of multivariate ecological data relates ecological questions to methods of statistical analysis, with a description of complex numerical methods.

Inhalt

Preface1. Complex ecological data sets2. Matrix algebra: a summary3. Dimensional analysis in ecology4. Multidimensional quantitative data5. Multidimensional semiquantitative data6. Multidimensional qualitative data7. Ecological resemblance8. Cluster analysis9. Ordination in reduced space10. Interpretation of ecological structures11. Canonical analysis12. Ecological data series13. Spatial analysis14. Multiscale analysis: spatial eigenfunctionsBibliographySubject index