Hi
I've recently been asked by a (biology) student for my opinion on a formula
that he had jotted down from his ecology lectures (it had something to do
with predicting the most likely type of species to be found in a particular
environment). It wasn't a formula I recognized specifically, but it looked
to be some sort of likelihood ratio test.
In order to reduce my general level of ignorance (and to improve my 'street
cred') I was wondering if any of the list members could recommend to me any
books in which the methods that biologists use to estimate parameters in
population models, even the 'basic' one of population size derived from
trapping experiments, are justified from a statistical perspective, and
their strengths and weaknesses examined.
I'll post a summary of the replies
Many thanks
Graham
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Dr G.S.Clarke
Lecturer in Physiology
School of Biological Sciences
University of Wales
Bangor LL57 2UW
WALES
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