The Ecological Detective
Confronting Models with Data
$289.81
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
13 May 1997
Summary
The modern ecologist usually works in both the field and the laboratory, uses computers and statistics, and often works with model-based concepts. This book investigates ecological data much as a detective would investigate a crime scene by trying different hypotheses until a coherent picture emerges. The book makes liberal use of computer programming for the generation of hypotheses, exploration of data and the comparison of different models. The authors’ attitude is one of exploration, b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691034973 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0691034974 |
| Author: | Ray Hilborn, Marc Mangel |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 13 May 1997 |
| Weight: | 395g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 216mm |
| Series: | Monographs in Population Biology |
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Ray Hilborn
Ray Hilborn is Professor in the School of Fisheries, University of Washington and the coauthor, with Carl Walters, of Quantitative Fisheries Stock Assessment. Marc Mangel is Professor of Environmental Studies and a Fellow at College Eight at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Glasgow. He is the author of Decision and Control in Uncertain Resource Systems and coauthor, with Colin Clark, of Dynamic Modeling in Behavioral Ecology.
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