Otso Ovaskainen (University of Helsinki), Nerea Abrego (University of Helsinki)

Joint Species Distribution Modelling

With Applications in R

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Joint Species Distribution Modelling is for graduate students and researchers interested in analysing data on community ecology and placing their results in the context of modern ecological theory. With the help of example R-scripts, readers will learn how to conduct and interpret statistical analyses.

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Produktdetails

• Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 153mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 646g
• ISBN-13: 9781108716789
• ISBN-10: 1108716784
• Artikelnr.: 59365425

Autorenporträt

Otso Ovaskainen is Professor of Mathematical Ecology at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He has published 170 papers in mathematical, statistical and empirical ecology, with a particular focus on metapopulation ecology, movement ecology, population genetics, molecular species identification and community ecology.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction to Community Ecology: Theory and Methods: 1. Historical development of community ecology
2. Typical data collected by community ecologists
3. Typical statistical methods applied by community ecologists
4. An overview of the structure and use of HMSC
Part II. Building a Joint Species Distribution Model Step by Step: 5. Single-species distribution modelling
6. Joint species distribution modelling: variation in species niches
7. Joint species distribution modelling: biotic interactions
8. Bayesian inference in HMSC
9. Evaluating model fit and selecting among multiple models
Part III. Applications and Perspectives: 10. Linking HMSC back to community assembly processes
11. Illustration of HMSC analyses: case study of Finnish birds
12. Conclusions and future directions
Epilogue
Index
References.