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Case applications of statistical models in ecology and evolution / Youhua Chen.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Science, evolution, and creationismPublisher: New York : Nova Publishers, [2016]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781634848947
  • 1634848942
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Case applications of statistical models in ecology and evolutionDDC classification:
  • 577.01/51 23
LOC classification:
  • QH541.15.M3
Online resources:
Contents:
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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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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