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Biometry: the principles and practice of statistics in biological research 2nd edition.
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The book aims to instill in students an ability to think through biological research problems in such a way as to grasp the essentials of the experimental or analytical setup to know which types of statistical tests to apply in a given case and to carry out the computations required.Abstract:
This text develops the science of biometry from an elementary introduction up to the advanced methods necessary for biological research and for an understanding of the published literature. This text is aimed primarily at the academic biologist including general zoologists botanists microbiologists geneticists and physiologists in universities research institutes and museums. This book while furnishing ample directions for the analysis of experimental works also stresses the descriptive and analytical statistical study of biological phenomena. It is intended both as a text to accompany a lecture course and as a complete course for self-study. The book aims to instill in students an ability to think through biological research problems in such a way as to grasp the essentials of the experimental or analytical setup to know which types of statistical tests to apply in a given case and to carry out the computations required. Chapters cover biological data data handling descriptive statistics probability estimation and hupothesis testing analysis of variance linear regression correlation multiple and curvilinear regression analysis of frequencies and miscellaneous methods.read more
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The leaf size-twig size spectrum of temperate woody species along an altitudinal gradient: an invariant allometric scaling relationship
Shucun Sun,Dongmei Jin,Peili Shi +2 more
TL;DR: This study demonstrated that plants respond to the environmental gradient by changing the y-intercepts of the relationship between leaf size-twig size, while keeping the exponent value of the allometric relationship as an invariant constant.
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The application of microsatellite markers to breeding programmes in the sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax
TL;DR: It is argued that microsatellites will be a valuable tool in: (i) breed identification (ii) family selection programs in which genetic tagging will allow different genotypes to be reared together, thus greatly reducing the impact of environmental variance and the number of replicate needed ponds.
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Human-impacted mangroves in Gazi (Kenya): predicting future vegetation based on retrospective remote sensing, social surveys, and tree distribution
TL;DR: In this article, the degradation of vegetation structure and dynamics of mangrove communities over a period of 25 years, using aerial photography in a geographical informa- tion system (GIS), combined with ground-truth data for different vegetation layers, and with faunal and environmental factors.
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Experimental studies of pollen carryover: effects of floral variability in Ipomopsis aggregata
TL;DR: It was found that the slopes of linear dye carryover functions generally became more shallow as floral variability increased; this led to substantially longer carryover in the treatment with greatest variability, and total amounts of dye transferred did not appear to be sensitive to the degree of variability.
RESEARCH ARTICLE Feeding Ecology of Bornean Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus morio) in Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia: A 3-Year Record Including Two Mast Fruitings
TL;DR: This paper observed the diet and activity of Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus morio) in the primary lowland dipterocarp forests of Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia, during 2005-2007, including two mast fruitings.