Ecological MethodologyThis coherent text translates the methods of statisticians into "ecological English" so that students may readily apply these methods to the real world. Ecological Methodology, Second Edition provides a balance of material on animal and plant populations. It teaches students of ecology how to design the most efficient tests in order to obtain maximum precision with minimal work. The first part of the text focuses on biological and technical issues in statistical methodology. Students learn about advances that have been made in designing better sampling devices, along with the techniques and equipment used for sampling. The second part deals with creating solid statistical design, and presents all methods that are well-known to statisticians in a language and context that students will easily understand. |
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... animals may have been last caught at time 2 ( 15 ) or time 1 ( 1 ) . Marked individuals may thus evade capture for ... Number of marked animals caught in sample t u , = Number of unmarked animals caught in sample t n1 = = Total number of ...
... number of sampling times , is less than about 0.25 , a Poisson distribution ... animals missed capture altogether - if we knew that we would not be doing ... number of animals captured x times = - e - mmx e - m ) x ! ( 2.36 ) Box 2.3 ...
... animals being concealed when the counting is being done . For example , a ... number of computer simulation programs are now available to illustrate ... animals as they are counted visually and get the bias directly Counting bias = Number ...