Resource Selection by Animals: Statistical Design and Analysis for Field Studies [Hardcover]

B.F. Manly (Author), L. McDonald (Author), D.L. Thomas (Author), Trent L. McDonald (Author), Wallace P. Erickson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1402006772 | ISBN-13: 978-1402006777 | Publication Date: June 30, 2002 | Edition: 2nd

The current literature on resource selection by animals is a maze of methodologies for data collection and interpretation. Field biologists need a guide through the labyrinth. This book provides such a guide. It gives a clear and consistent framework for the study of how animals select their resources (food and habitat) by taking the reader through different types of study design. It is an invaluable handbook for the field biologist, especially those concerned with the management and conservation of wildlife. The authors have clearly identified the need to pull together the diffuse literature, and biologists will greatly improve their experimental design, methodology, and analysis with this book. The second edition of this popular book has been updated to include many developments in the last few years. There is new material on discrete choice models, the analysis of data from geographical information systems, compositional analysis, Mahalanobis distance methods, and neural networks and related approaches. Resource Selection by Animals: is an invaluable guide for field biologists; provides a consistent framework for study of resource selection (food and habitat) by animals; is a unique guide, and is the only book which covers this critical topic in such depth; and is particularly useful to wildlife managers and conservation biologists.

Editorial Reviews

Review

`Bryan Manly has more experience than most in guiding the unwary biologist through unchartered statistical territory...this book will prove enlightening to the mathematically-minded biologist...' Biodiversity and Conservation `The authors...consider with a lot of care various types of design allowing to assess to which degree a resource is selected, with reference to its availability... Classification is illustrated with a few detailed examples from the literature, for which data are given. These examples are followed throughout the book, which makes the reading easy and pleasant...This book certainly meets its subtitle by giving a thorough and comprehensive overview of 'statistical design and analysis for field studies' of resource selection.' Acta Oecologia --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 2nd edition (June 30, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1402006772
• ISBN-13: 978-1402006777
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,249,527 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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