Applied Hierarchical Modeling in Ecology: Analysis of Distribution, Abundance and Species Richness in R and BUGS, Volume Two: Dynamic and Advanced Models provides a synthesis of the state-of-the-art in hierarchical models for plant and animal distribution, also focusing on the complex and more advanced models currently available. The book explains all procedures in the context of hierarchical models that represent a unified approach to ecological research, thus taking the reader from design, through data collection, and into analyses using a very powerful way of synthesizing data. Makes ecological modeling accessible to people who are struggling to use complex or advanced modeling programs Synthesizes current ecological models and explains how they are inter-connected Contains numerous examples throughout the book, walking the reading through scenarios with both real and simulated data Provides an ideal resource for ecologists working in R software and in BUGS software for more flexible Bayesian analyses
King, R., Brooks, S. P., and Coulson, T. (2008), “Analyzing complex capture-recapture data in the presence of ... Leibold, M.A., Holyoak, M., Mouquet, N., Amarasekare, P., Chase, J. M., Hoopes, M. F., Holt, R. D., Shurin, J. B., Law, ...
Bayesian statistics has exploded into biology and its sub-disciplines, such as ecology, over the past decade.
... Evan Grant, Tabitha Graves, Marc Kéry, Brett McClintock, Leslie New, Allan O'Connell, Krishna Pacifici, Agustín Paviolo, Brian Reich, Robin Russell, Sabrina Servanty, Cat Sun, Yifang Li, Earvin Balderama, and Chris Sutherland.
This book shows the lessons learned from teaching this material to several cohorts of graduate students. No other book I've read gives such a good feel for the compromises scientists have to make in searching for good statistical models.
Introduction to the essential theories of key models used by ecologists Complete juxtaposition of classical analyses in R and Bayesian analysis of the same models in WinBUGS Provides every detail of R and WinBUGS code required to conduct ...
Pledger, S., Pollock, K.H., Norris, J.L., 2003. Open capture–recapture models with heterogeneity: I. Cormack–Jolly–Seber model. Biometrics 59, 786–794. Plummer, M., 2003. JAGS: a program for analysis of Bayesian graphical models using ...
This book presents a unique approach through its focus on ecological analyses and not macroevolutionary analyses.
The goal of this important volume is to link management, evaluation, and conservation to modeling, estimation, and decision-making methods. Four major sections review these methods and applications in science-based conservation.
A comprehensive account of joint species distribution modelling, covering statistical analyses in light of modern community ecology theory.
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