Handbook of Environmental and Ecological Statistics

ISBN-13: 9781498752022 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 854 str.

Alan E. Gelfand; Montserrat Fuentes; Jennifer A. Hoeting

Opis

This handbook focuses on the enormous literature applying statistical methodology and modelling to environmental and ecological processes.

Spis treści

Introduction. Methodology for Statistical Analysis of Environmental Processes. Basics of modeling for environmental processes.  Time series methodology. Dynamic models. Geostatistical modeling for environmental processes. Point patterns. Data fusion.  Analysis of Extremes. Environmental sampling methods. Zero-inflation modeling and hurdle models. Ordination methods. Topics in Ecological Processes. Species distribution models – Plants. Species distribution models - Animals. Demography. Modeling traits.  Ecology of infectious diseases. Wildfires and fire recovery. Modeling of streams. Topics in Environmental Exposure. Modeling environmental contaminants. Data fusion for exposure. Modeling other exposures and modeling personal exposure. Preferential sampling with regard to exposure levels. Dynamic source apportionment. Dynamics of environmental epidemiology. Connecting exposure to outcome. Experimental design for environmental epidemiology. Topics in Climatology. Trends in climatology. Climate models. Spatial analysis for climatology. Remote sensing - the statistical contribution. Data assimilation. Spatial extremes with application to climate and environmental exposure. Paleoclimate and paleoecology. Detection and attribution. Effects of climate change on health effects.