Statistics for Ecologists Using R and Excel: Data Collection, Exploration, Analysis and Presentation

Gardener, Mark

ISBN 10: 1784271403 / ISBN 13: 9781784271404

Published by Pelagic Pub Ltd, 2017

About this Item

404 pages. 9.75x7.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Statistics for Ecologists Using R and Excel: Data Collection, Exploration, Analysis and Presentation
• Publisher: Pelagic Pub Ltd
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1784271403
• ISBN 13: 9781784271404
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 1.01 kilograms

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Synopsis

This is a book about the scientific process and how it is applied to data in ecology. We will learn how to plan for data collection, how to assemble data, how to analyse data and finally how to present the results. The book uses Microsoft Excel and the powerful Open Source R program.

About the Author

Mark Gardener (www.gardenersown.co.uk) is an ecologist, lecturer, and writer working in the UK. His primary area of research was in pollination ecology and he has worked in the UK and around the word (principally Australia and the United States). Since his doctorate he has worked in many areas of ecology, often as a teacher and supervisor. He believes that ecological data, especially community data, is the most complicated and ill-behaved and is consequently the most fun to work with. He was introduced to R by a like-minded pedant whilst working in Australia during his doctorate. Learning R was not only fun but opened up a new avenue, making the study of community ecology a whole lot easier. He is currently self-employed and runs courses in ecology, data analysis, and R for a variety of organizations. Mark lives in rural Devon with his wife Christine, a biochemist who consequently has little need of statistics.