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Description: |
xxiii, 464 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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General 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. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
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. |
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Series Added Entry: |
Statistical ecology series ; v. 4. |