LEADER 00000cam a22006978i 4500 001 ocn948669433 003 OCoLC 005 20180130100857.2 006 m o d 007 cr ||||||||||| 008 160502s2016 nyu ob 001 0 eng 010 2016017775 020 9781634848947|q(electronic book) 020 1634848942|q(electronic book) 020 |z9781634848763|q(hardcover) 020 |z1634848764 035 (OCoLC)948669433 040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dOCLCO|dOCLCF|dOCLCO|dN$T|dOCLCO|dYDXCP |dCOO|dEBLCP 042 pcc 049 RIDW 050 10 QH541.15.M3 072 7 NAT|x010000|2bisacsh 072 7 NAT|x045040|2bisacsh 072 7 SCI|x026000|2bisacsh 072 7 SCI|x020000|2bisacsh 082 00 577.01/51|223 090 QH541.15.M3 245 00 Case applications of statistical models in ecology and evolution /|cYouhua Chen (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada), editor. 263 1606 264 1 Hauppauge, New York :|bNova Science Publishers, Inc., |c[2016] 300 1 online resource. 336 text|2rdacontent 337 computer|2rdamedia 338 online resource|2rdacarrier 347 text file|2rdaft 490 0 Science, evolution, and creationism 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 CASE APPLICATIONS OF STATISTICAL MODELS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION ; CASE APPLICATIONS OF STATISTICAL MODELS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; PART 1: CASE APPLICATIONS ; Chapter 1 PERMUTATION-FREE FISHER'S Z- TRANSFORM METHOD FOR SIGNIFICANCE TESTING OF MANTEL'S STATISTIC ; Abstract; Introduction; Materials and Methods; Mantel Test; Permutation Test; Numerical Simulations; Results and Discussion; Acknowledgments; References 505 8 Chapter 2 RANDOM SPECIES/POPULATION CHANGE AND MULTIPLE- SITE BETA DIVERSITY INDICES: A COMPARISON OF CONTRADICTORY SCENARIOS FROM SIMULATION- AND EMPIRICAL BCI TREE-DERIVED DATA SETS Abstract; Introduction; Materials and Methods; Partitioning of Community Beta-Diversity; Community Turnover; Community Nestedness; Community WNODF Index; Community Replacement; Community Richness Differences; Simulation Study; Random Matrix Construction; Random Species/Population Changes; An Empirical Test Using BCI Tree Communities; Distribution of BCI Trees in 100 Sampling Plots; Results 505 8 Comparison of Different Indices Along with Population Changes in the Pseudo-CommunitiesSimulation of BCI Tree Community; Discussion; References; Chapter 3 ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMMUNITY-LEVEL BETA DIVERSITY AND PARTITIONING VARIATION FOR SPACE AND ENVIRONMENT: BCI TREE COMMUNITY AS A CASE STUDY ; Abstract; Introduction; Materials and Methods; Methods for Variation Partitioning; Assessment the Influence of Community Change on Variation Partitioning; Species Rarity versus Commonness; Community Turnover; Community Nestedness; Community Replacement; Community Richness Difference 505 8 Pseudo-Human Disturbance ExperimentsDistribution of BCI Trees in 98 Sampling Plots; Results; Effect of Different Species Handling Methods on Variation Partitioning; Effect of Different Species Handling Methods on Community Turnover and Nestedness; Effects of Different Species Handling Methods on Community Replacement and Richness Differences; Discussion; Turnover versus Nestedness and Replacement versus Richness Difference; Change of Rarity during Species Handling Procedures; Comparison of Variation Partitioning Using Mantel Test and CCA; References 505 8 Chapter 4 DISTINGUISHING NICHE AND NEUTRAL PROCESSES: ISSUES IN VARIATION PARTITIONING STATISTICAL METHODS AND FURTHER PERSPECTIVES Abstract; Introduction; Variation Decomposition in Community Ecology; How Is Variation Partitioning Related to the Debate between Niche and Neutral Processes?; How to Perform Variation Partitioning?; Literature Searching and Study Classification; A Review of Current Methods and Possible Problems; Potential Methods; General Additive Model (GAM) and Relevant Nonlinear Smoothing Methods; Implications and Further Perspectives 588 Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 650 0 Ecology|xMathematical models.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2008102528 650 0 Evolution (Biology)|xMathematical models.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008118585 650 0 Biogeography|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85014147|xMathematical models.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2002007921 650 7 Ecology|xMathematical models.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/901509 650 7 Evolution (Biology)|xMathematical models.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/917308 650 7 Biogeography|xMathematical models.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/832101 650 7 Biogeography.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/832095 655 4 Electronic books. 700 1 Chen, Youhua|c(Biologist),|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities /names/no2014131261|eeditor. 776 08 |iPrint version:|tCase applications of statistical models in ecology and evolution|dHauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2016]|z9781634848763|w(DLC) 2016007432 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=1258667|zOnline eBook. 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