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Advances in experimental methods have resulted in the generation of enormous volumes of data across the life sciences. Hence clustering and classification techniques that were once predominantly the domain of ecologists are now being used more widely. This 2006 book provides an overview of these important data analysis methods, from long-established statistical methods to more recent machine learning techniques. It aims to provide a framework that will enable the reader to recognise the assumptions and constraints that are implicit in all such techniques. Important generic issues are discussed first and then the major families of algorithms are described. Throughout the focus is on explanation and understanding and readers are directed to other resources that provide additional mathematical rigour when it is required. Examples taken from across the whole of biology, including bioinformatics, are provided throughout the book to illustrate the key concepts and each technique's potential.

Mathematical statistics --- Biomathematics. Biometry. Biostatistics --- Biometry. --- Biology --- Cluster analysis. --- Correlation (Statistics) --- Multivariate analysis --- Spatial analysis (Statistics) --- Biosystematics --- Organisms --- Systematic biology --- Systematics (Biology) --- Taxonomy (Biology) --- Taxonomists --- Biological statistics --- Biometrics (Biology) --- Biostatistics --- Biomathematics --- Statistics --- Statistical methods --- Data processing.

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Upland Habitats presents a comprehensive illustrated guide to the habits wildlife and conservation of Britains last wilderness areas. These include: heather moors, sheep walk deer forest, blanket bogs, montane and sub-montane forests. The book examines the unique characteristics of uplands and the ecological processes and historical events that have shaped them since the end of the last glaciaton. Among the key conservation and management issues explored in are:* modern agricultural practices and economics* habitat degradation through overgrazing* commercial forest plantat

Upland ecology --- Ecosystem management --- Biotic communities --- Ecosystems management --- Applied ecology --- Environmental management --- Nature conservation --- Biodiversity conservation --- Montane ecology --- Ecology --- Management