Case applications of statistical models in ecology and evolution / Youhua Chen.
Material type: TextSeries: Science, evolution, and creationismPublisher: New York : Nova Publishers, [2016]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781634848947
- 1634848942
- Ecology -- Mathematical models
- Evolution (Biology) -- Mathematical models
- Biogeography -- Mathematical models
- NATURE -- Ecology
- NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness
- SCIENCE -- Environmental Science
- SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology
- Biogeography -- Mathematical models
- Ecology -- Mathematical models
- Evolution (Biology) -- Mathematical models
- 577.01/51 23
- QH541.15.M3
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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
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
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
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
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
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