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Applied Hierarchical Modeling in Ecology: Analysis of Distribution, Abundance and Species Richness in R and Bugs: Volume 1:Prelude and Static Models

Applied Hierarchical Modeling in Ecology: Analysis of Distribution, Abundance and Species Richness in R and Bugs: Volume 1:Prelude and Static Models

by Marc Kery (Author), Marc Kery (Author), J. Andrew Royle (Author)

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Applied Hierarchical Modeling in Ecology: Distribution, Abundance, Species Richness offers a new synthesis of the state-of-the-art of hierarchical models for plant and animal distribution, abundance, and community characteristics such as species richness using data collected in metapopulation designs. These types of data are extremely widespread in ecology and its applications in such areas as biodiversity monitoring and fisheries and wildlife management. This first volume explains static models/procedures in the context of hierarchical models that collectively represent a unified approach to ecological research, taking the reader from design, through data collection, and into analyses using a very powerful class of models. Applied Hierarchical Modeling in Ecology, Volume 1 serves as an indispensable manual for practicing field biologists, and as a graduate-level text for students in ecology, conservation biology, fisheries/wildlife management, and related fields.

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Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 808
 Edition: Illustrated
 Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 01 Oct 2015
ISBN 10: 0128013788
ISBN 13: 9780128013786
Book Overview: A highly accessible new synthesis of the state-of-the-art in applied hierarchical modeling in ecology of distribution, abundance, and species richness, along with detection error, using both classical and Bayesian statistical methods and the free software programs R and BUGS/JAGS.

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For the beginning practitioner of hierarchical models,...this is definitely worth the space and may actually be the first place to start developing a strong fundamental understanding of hierarchical modeling. For more seasoned quantitative ecologists, there are lots of useful modeling details for both the unmarked and BUGS/JAGS syntax,...there is value to having it all in one place. Finally, for professors looking to teach a class or short-course on hierarchical models in ecology,...an excellent text for the course. course. --Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics
Author Bio
Dr Kery is a Population Ecologist with the Swiss Ornithological Institute and a courtesy professor ( Privatdozent ) at the University of Zurich/Switzerland, from where he received his PhD in Ecology in 2000. He is an expert in the estimation and modeling of abundance, distribution and species richness in metapopulation designs (i.e., collections of replicate sites). For most of his work, he uses the Bayesian model fitting software BUGS and JAGS, about which he has published two books with Academic Press (2010 and 2012). He has authored/coauthored 70 peer-reviewed articles and four book chapters. Since 2007, and for a total of 103 days, he has taught 23 statistical modeling workshops about the methods in the proposed book at research institutes and universities all over the world. Dr Royle is currently a Research Statistician at the U.S. Geological Survey's Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. His research is focused on the application of probability and statistics to ecological problems, especially those related to animal sampling and demographic modeling. Much of his research over the last 10 years has been devoted to the development of methods illustrated in our new book. He has authored or coauthored more than 100 journal articles, and co-authored the books Spatial Capture Recapture, Hierarchical Modeling and Inference in Ecology and Occupancy Estimation and Modeling: Inferring Patterns and Dynamics of Species Occurrence, all published by Academic Press.