Multivariate Analysis in Community Ecology

by Hugh G. Gauch Jr.

Book Overview

Ecologists are making increasing use of computer methods in analyzing ecological data on plant and animal communities. Ecological problems naturally involve numerous variables and numerous individuals or samples. Multivariate techniques permit the summary of large, complex sets of data and provide the means to tackle many problems that cannot be investigated experimentally because of practical restraints. Ecologists are thus enabled to group similar...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521282403
• ISBN13: 9780521282406
• Release Date: February 1982
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.2"