Measuring Biological DiversityISBN: 978-0-632-05633-0
Paperback
266 pages
December 2003, Wiley-Blackwell
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"To ecologists and conservation biologists who work with
biodiversity, for more than a decade the name 'Magurran' has meant
an essential little book on measuring biodiversity Ecological
Diversity and Its Measurement, 1988.
Now Anne Magurran has written a thorough update Measuring
Biological Diversity, considerably expanded to cover important
new developments in the field, including richness estimation, new
relative abundance models, and new ways to compare assemblage
composition. Throughout, examples from the primary literature are
used to illustrate concepts and methods and key methods are
presented as worked examples in an appendix. And as before, the new
book shines with a blessedly welcome readability, excellent
scholarship and plain good sense. Magurran does not shrink from
making tough judgments and recommendations that go against
'tradition' in this field.
I expect the 'new Magurran' to become an essential reference on
researchers' bookshelves and required reading for advanced students
in biodiversity studies. " Professor Robert Colwell, University
of Connecticut.
"The book provides a useful and in-depth review of statistical
and measurement issues related to biological diversity...It will be
a useful reference book and educational tool for years to come for
those interested in the measurement of biological diversity."
Ecology, December 2004
"This is obviously a finely-crafted book...It will be an indispensable guide for any researcher engaged in measuring species diversity or in comparing the richness of different species assemblages. It is, above all, a practical book, clearly laid out, with concise descriptions and worked examples." African Journal of Aquatic Science, June 2005