Surveying Natural Populations

Lee-Ann C. Hayek and Martin A. Buzas

Paper, 448 pages, 35 illus, 68 tables
ISBN: 978-0-231-10241-4
$40.50 / £24.00

December, 1996
Cloth, 448 pages, 35 illus, 68 tables
ISBN: 978-0-231-10240-7
$95.00 / £56.00

A user-friendly primer to the essential techniques of quantitative field ecology, or paleoecology, integrating the intuitive approach of the field researcher with the rational analytical tools of the statistician. Designed as a comprehensive introduction and handy methodological reference for students and professionals alike, this book is filled with lucid explanations, real-world examples, practice problem sets, more than one hundred illustrations and tables, and many applications to research issues of current concern.

Related Subjects

• Conservation Biology
• Ecology

About the Author

Lee-Ann C. Hayek is Chief Mathematical Statistician of the Smithsonian Institution. Martin A. Buzas is Curator of Foraminifera and Senior Geologist in the Department of Paleobiology at the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum.

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