Book ID: 91698
McCarthy, Michael A.
Bayesian Methods for Ecology. 2007. 46 line drawings. 8 tabs. XIII, 296 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
The author describes the basics of Bayesian statistical methods in aneasily accessible style. He describes a multitude of analyses typicallyconducted by ecologists, and a free computer program is provided,allowing the reader to replicate the results in the book and modify theexamples to their own data. Contents (partly): Critiques of statistical methods/ Analysing averages and frequencies/ How good arethe models?/ Regression and correlation/ Analysis of variance/ Mark-recapture analysis/ Effects of marking frogs/ Population dynamics/Subjective priors/ etc.