Research Catalog

Title

Statistical distributions in ecological work / edited by J.K. Ord, G.P. Patil, C. Taillie.

Publication

Fairland, Md. : International Co-operative Pub. House, ©1979.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ord, J. K.
• Patil, Ganapati P.
• Taillie, C.
• International Congress of Ecology (2nd : 1978 : Jerusalem)

Description

xxiii, 464 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Series Statement

Statistical ecology series ; v. 4

Uniform Title

Statistical ecology series ; v. 4.

Subject

• Ecology > Statistical methods > Congresses
• Ecology > Mathematical models > Congresses
• Distribution (Probability theory) > Congresses
• Mathematical models
• Ecology
• Probabilities
• Models, Theoretical
• Ecology
• Probability
• mathematical models
• ecology
• probability
• 42.90 ecology: general
• Probabilities
• Mathematical models
• Distribution (Probability theory)
• Ecology > Mathematical models
• Ecology > Statistical methods

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings

Note

• Rev. versions of papers presented at satellite meetings held in 1977 and 1978 in various locations in conjunction with the Second International Congress of Ecology held in Jerusalem during Sept. 1978.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies and index.

Contents

Chance mechanisms underlying univariate distributions / M.T. Boswell, J.K. Ord, and G.P. Patil -- Chance mechanisms underlying multivariate distributions / C. Taillie, J.K. Ord, J.E. Mosimann, and G.P. Patil -- Ecological contributions involving statistical distributions / M.T. Boswell and B.C. Dennis -- Some recent developments relating to statistical distributions in forestry and forest products research / W.G. Warren -- The biological motivation for abundance models / John A. Hendrickson Jr. -- On the use of abundance and species-abundance curves / R. Hengeveld -- A basic development of abundance models : community description / S. Engen and C. Taillie -- Abundance models : sampling and estimation / Steinar Engen -- A spatial model explaining species-abundance curves / R. Hengeveld, S.A.L.M. Kooijman, and C. Taillie -- Species-area curves / Shiro Kobayashi -- Ecological response of animal group size frequencies / Thomas Caraco -- Feeding preferences of a tropical seed-feeding insect : an analysis of the distribution of insects and seeds in the field / Janice A. Derr and J.K. Ord -- Statistical analysis of frequency data obtained from sampling an insect population grouped by stages / R.A. Kempton -- Fitting a growth curve to field data / M.R. Pennington -- Some results on size and utilization distribution of home range / Mark C.K. Yang.

ISBN

• 0899740014
• 9780899740010
• 0899740006
• 9780899740003

LCCN

79089703

OCLC

• ocm06195249
• 6195249
• SCSB-8386

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library