Developments in Numerical Ecology

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Developments in Numerical Ecology is written by Pierre Legendre and published by Springer Science & Business Media. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3642708803 (ISBN 10) and 9783642708800 (ISBN 13).

From earlier ecological studies it has become apparent that simple univariate or bivariate statistics are often inappropriate, and that multivariate statistical analyses must be applied. Despite several difficulties arising from the application of multivariate methods, community ecology has acquired a mathematical framework, with three consequences: it can develop as an exact science; it can be applied operationally as a computer-assisted science to the solution of environmental problems; and it can exchange information with other disciplines using the language of mathematics. This book comprises the invited lectures, as well as working group reports, on the NATO workshop held in Roscoff (France) to improve the applicability of this new method numerical ecology to specific ecological problems.