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Resource selection by animals [electronic resource] : statistical design and analysis for field studies / Bryan F.J. Manly [and others]

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The current literature on resource selection by animals is a maze of methodologies for data collection and interpretation. Field biologists need a guide through the labyrinth. This book provides such a guide. It gives a clear and consistent framework for the study of how animals select their resourc...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Manly, Bryan F. J., 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, ©2002.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Animals > Food > Statistical methods.
Food preferences > Statistical methods.
Habitat selection > Statistical methods.
Table of Contents:
  • To Resource Selection Studies
  • Statistical Modelling Procedures
  • Examples of the Use of Resource Selection Functions
  • Studies with Resources Defined by Several Categories
  • Resource Selection Functions from Logistic Regression
  • Resource Selection over Several Time Periods
  • Log-Linear Modelling
  • Discrete Choice Models with Changing Availability
  • Applications Using Geographic Information Systems
  • Discriminant Function Analysis
  • Analysis of the Amount of Use
  • Some Other Types of Analysis
  • Risk Assessment and Population Size Estimation
  • Computing.

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