Joint Species Distribution Modelling - With Applications in R

List of contents

Part I. Introduction to Community Ecology: Theory and Methods: 1. Historical development of community ecology; 2. Typical data collected by community ecologists; 3. Typical statistical methods applied by community ecologists; 4. An overview of the structure and use of HMSC; Part II. Building a Joint Species Distribution Model Step by Step: 5. Single-species distribution modelling; 6. Joint species distribution modelling: variation in species niches; 7. Joint species distribution modelling: biotic interactions; 8. Bayesian inference in HMSC; 9. Evaluating model fit and selecting among multiple models; Part III. Applications and Perspectives: 10. Linking HMSC back to community assembly processes; 11. Illustration of HMSC analyses: case study of Finnish birds; 12. Conclusions and future directions; Epilogue; Index; References.

About the author

Otso Ovaskainen is Professor of Mathematical Ecology at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He has published 170 papers in mathematical, statistical and empirical ecology, with a particular focus on metapopulation ecology, movement ecology, population genetics, molecular species identification and community ecology.Nerea Abrego is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki. After obtaining her Ph.D. in fungal ecology, she expanded her research to genera community ecology. She has published thirty papers, many of which relate to recent developments in joint species distribution modelling.

Product details

• Authors: Nerea Abrego, Nerea (University of Helsinki) Abrego, Otso Ovaskainen, Otso (University of Helsinki) Ovaskainen, Otso (University of Helsinki) Abrego Ovaskainen, Ovaskainen Otso
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781108492461
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49246-1
• No. of pages: 388
• Series: Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation; Ecology, Biodiversity and Cons
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; NATURE / Ecology, Applied ecology, Environmental Management, Conservation of the environment, Ecological science, the Biosphere