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Developments in Numerical Ecology

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Pierre Legendre

    1. Département de Sciences biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada

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  2. Louis Legendre

    1. Département de Biologie, Université Laval, Ste-Foy, Canada

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Part of the book series: Nato ASI Subseries G: (ASIG, volume 14)

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Table of contents (18 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Invited Lectures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    3. Clustering under a priori models

      1. Some Non-Standard Clustering Algorithms
        • James C. Bezdek
        Pages 225-287
      2. Constrained Clustering
        • Pierre Legendre
        Pages 289-307
      3. Species Associations and Conditional Clustering: Clustering With or Without Pairwise Resemblances
        • L. P. Lefkovitch
        Pages 309-331

    4. Fractal theory

      1. Applications of Fractal Theory to Ecology
        • Serge Frontier
        Pages 335-378

    5. Path analysis for mixed variables

      1. Path Analysis with Optimal Scaling
        • Jan de Leeuw
        Pages 381-404

    6. Spatial analysis

      1. Spatial Point Pattern Analysis in Ecology
        • B. D. Ripley
        Pages 407-429
      2. Applications of Spatial Autocorrelation in Ecology
        • Robert R. Sokal, James D. Thomson
        Pages 431-466

  3. Working Group Reports

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 467-467
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    2. Numerical Ecology: Developments for Microbial Ecology

      • Manfred Bölter, Pierre Legendre, Jan de Leeuw, Richard Park, Peter Schwinghamer, Stanley E. Stevens et al.
      Pages 469-484

    3. Numerical Ecology; Developments for Studying the Benthos

      • John G. Field, Roger H. Green, Francisco A. L. de Andrade, Eugenio Fresi, Phillippe Gros, Brian H. McArdle et al.
      Pages 485-494

    4. Data Analysis in Pelagic Community Studies

      • Jordi Flos, Fortunato A. Ascioti, J. Douglas Carroll, Serge Dallot, Serge Frontier, John C. Gower et al.
      Pages 495-520

    5. Numerical Ecology: Developments for Biological Oceanography and Limnology

      • Louis Legendre, Carol D. Collins, Clarice M. Yentsch, James C. Bezdek, Janet W. Campbell, Yves Escoufier et al.
      Pages 521-527

    6. Numerical Methods in Terrestrial Plant Ecology

      • R. Gittins, S. Amir, J.-L. Dupouey, W. J. Heiser, M. Meyer, R. R. Sokal et al.
      Pages 529-558
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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Département de Sciences biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada

    Pierre Legendre

  • Département de Biologie, Université Laval, Ste-Foy, Canada

    Louis Legendre

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