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Vernal Pools: Natural History and Conservation
Aquatic ecologist, Betsy Colburn has drawn on her twenty-five years of
in depth wide ranging studies of Vernal Pools in compiling this valuable reference
book entitled Vernal Pools: Natural History and Conservation (McDonald and Woodward
Publishing Company; $25 from HF).
This book is recommended for scientist and layperson alike as it provides a
comprehensive background on the natural history, ecology, and conservation of
these biologically diverse and dynamic seasonal ponds. Written in an accessible
style, the following audiences will find this book to be an especially important
reference: landowners, naturalists, teachers, researchers, conservationists,
resource managers, planners, and policy makers. Researchers may especially appreciate
the extensive technical information including scientific citations and a list
of suggestions for future research on each topic contained in this volume. Readers
will find a wealth of information not previously available in one source.
A Primer of Ecological Statistics
Senior Research Fellow at Harvard Forest, Aaron Ellison, along with University
of Vermont Biology professor, Nicholas Gotelli, has developed a very different
kind of ecological reference book: A Primer of Ecological Statistics (Sinauer
Associates; $35 from HF).
A Primer of Ecological Statistics explains fundamental material in
probability theory and experimental design for ecologists and environmental
scientists. The book is designed to serve as either a stand-alone or supplementary
text for upper division undergraduate or graduate courses in ecological and
environmental statistics, ecology, environmental science, environmental studies,
or experimental design. The Primer also could be used for short-courses or workshops
for conservation biologists and environmental managers. The book emphasizes
a general introduction to probability theory and provides a detailed discussion
of specific designs and analyses that are typically encountered in ecology and
environmental science. Topics include probability, statistical distributions,
hypothesis testing, probability values, Bayesian analysis, experimental and
sampling design, data archiving, regression, analysis of variance, categorical
data, and multivariate analysis. A comprehensive glossary, a mathematical appendix
on matrix algebra, and extensively annotated tables and figures are included.
Forests in Time
(Second Printing for the Harvard Forest LTER Synthesis Volume)
Harvard Forest director, David Foster, and University of New Hampshire professor,
John Aber, (PIs at Harvard Forest and Huberd Brook LTER sites) have combined
history and science in ecological studies and environmental management in the
form of Forests In Time: The Environmental Consequences of 1000 Years of Change
in New England (Yale University Press; $25 from HF).
This book represents the synthesis volume for the Harvard Forest LTER program
and has contributions from more than fifty authors. The authors apply an interdisciplinary
approach to one of the most remarkably transformed landscapes in North America:
the New England countryside. Written in accessible prose and profusely illustrated
with photographs, maps, and graphs, the book relates the history of changes
in New England and then explores the results of integrated ecosystem studies
and experiments in this largely forested landscape.
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