Surveying Natural Populations: Quantitative Tools for Assessing Biodiversity

Hayek, Lee-Ann,Buzas, Martin

ISBN 10: 0231102410 / ISBN 13: 9780231102414

Published by Columbia University Press, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Surveying Natural Populations: Quantitative Tools for Assessing Biodiversity
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0231102410
• ISBN 13: 9780231102414
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

A user-friendly primer to the essential techniques of quantitative field ecology, or paleoecology, integrating the intuitive approach of the field researcher with the rational analytical tools of the statistician. Designed as a comprehensive introduction and handy methodological reference for students and professionals alike, this book is filled with lucid explanations, real-world examples, practice problem sets, more than one hundred illustrations and tables, and many applications to research issues of current concern.

About the Author

Lee-Ann C. Hayek is Chief Mathematical Statistician of the Smithsonian Institution.

Martin A. Buzas is Curator of Foraminifera and Senior Geologist in the Department of Paleobiology at the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum.