Spatio-Temporal Models for Ecologists

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-53101-4
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 294 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 726 g

Reihe: Chapman & Hall/CRC Applied Environmental Statistics

Ecological dynamics are tremendously complicated and are studied at a variety of spatial and temporal scales. Ecologists often simplify analysis by describing changes in density of individuals across a landscape, and statistical methods are advancing rapidly for studying spatio-temporal dynamics. However, spatio-temporal statistics is often presented using a set of principles that may seem very distant from ecological theory or practice. This book seeks to introduce a minimal set of principles and numerical techniques for spatio-temporal statistics that can be used to implement a wide range of real-world ecological analyses regarding animal movement, population dynamics, community composition, causal attribution, and spatial dynamics. We provide a step-by-step illustration of techniques that combine core spatial-analysis packages in R with low-level computation using Template Model Builder. Techniques are showcased using real-world data from varied ecological systems, providing a toolset for hierarchical modelling of spatio-temporal processes. Spatio-Temporal Models for Ecologists is meant for graduate level students, alongside applied and academic ecologists.

Key Features:

- Foundational ecological principles and analyses

- Thoughtful and thorough ecological examples

- Analyses conducted using a minimal toolbox and fast computation

- Code using R and TMB included in the book and available online

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thorson, James

Kristensen, Kasper

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Introductory  1. Statistical models for individual-based processes  2. Hierarchical models and Laplace approximation  Part 2: Basic  3. Population dynamics and state-space models  4. Individual movement  5. Spatial models  6. Spatial sampling designs and analysis  7. Covariates affecting densities and detectability  Part 3: Advanced  8. Spatio-temporal models with seasonal or multi-year dynamics  9. Ecological teleconnections  10. Population movement and habitat selection  11. Multispecies models for community diversity and biogeography  12. A decadal forecast for spatio-temporal models  A. Acknowledgements  B. Appendices

Über Autor(innen)

James Thorson is a statistical ecologist at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center within the National Marine Fisheries Service. His research interests include population dynamics, life-history theory, and methods for the sustainable management of natural resources. He has taught graduate-level courses in hierarchical modelling and spatio-temporal statistics at University of Washington.

Kasper Kristensen is a Senior Researcher at Danish Technical University. His research interests include spatio-temporal statistics and computational methods. He developed the R-package TMB, which is seeing increased use throughout ecology. For example, TMB is the computational backend for R-package glmmTMB, which has been cited over 3000 times from 2017-2022.