{"product_id":"the-ecological-detective-confronting-models-with-data-paperback-1","title":"The Ecological Detective: Confronting Models with Data - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRay Hilborn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMarc Mangel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe modern ecologist usually works in both the field and laboratory, uses statistics and computers, and often works with ecological concepts that are model-based, if not model-driven. How do we make the field and laboratory coherent? How do we link models and data? How do we use statistics to help experimentation? How do we integrate modeling and statistics? How do we confront multiple hypotheses with data and assign degrees of belief to different hypotheses? How do we deal with time series (in which data are linked from one measurement to the next) or put multiple sources of data into one inferential framework? These are the kinds of questions asked and answered by \u003ci\u003eThe Ecological Detective\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ray Hilborn and Marc Mangel investigate ecological data much as a detective would investigate a crime scene by trying different hypotheses until a coherent picture emerges. The book is not a set of pat statistical procedures but rather an approach. The Ecological Detective 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, both statistical and graphical. The background required is minimal, so that students with an undergraduate course in statistics and ecology can profitably add this work to their tool-kit for solving ecological problems.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRay Hilborn\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in the School of Fisheries, University of Washington and the coauthor, with Carl Walters, of \u003ci\u003eQuantitative Fisheries Stock Assessment\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eMarc Mangel\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eDecision and Control in Uncertain Resource Systems\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor, with Colin Clark, of \u003ci\u003eDynamic Modeling in Behavioral Ecology\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 06, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47379812647161,"sku":"9780691034973","price":177.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Z2JzRlRqWFBMamVVaDBtVWJHS3Nudz09_5c135981-1eeb-4554-baab-b014ed440731.webp?v=1770059691","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-ecological-detective-confronting-models-with-data-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}