Numerical ecology /
Pierre Legendre and Louis Legendre
- 3rd English ed
- Amsterdam ; Boston: Elsevier, 2012
- xvi, 990 pages : illustrations
- Developments in environmental modelling ; 24 .
Includes Bibliography.
Preface 1. Complex ecological data sets 2. Matrix algebra: a summary 3. Dimensional analysis in ecology 4. Multidimensional quantitative data 5. Multidimensional semiquantitative data 6. Multidimensional qualitative data 7. Ecological resemblance 8. Cluster analysis 9. Ordination in reduced space 10. Interpretation of ecological structures 11. Canonical analysis 12. Ecological data series 13. Spatial analysis 14. Multiscale analysis: spatial eigenfunctions Bibliography Subject index
Describes and discusses the numerical methods which are successfully being used for analysing ecological data, using a clear and comprehensive approach. This book on quantitative analysis of multivariate ecological data relates ecological questions to methods of statistical analysis, with a description of complex numerical methods