Tree diversity analysis: a manual and software for common statistical methods for ecological and biodiversity studies

This guide provides a solid practical foundation for training in statistical methods for ecological and biodiversity studies. It is aimed at scientists and students analysing tree diversity data, but can be used for a wider range of organisms, for different hierarchical levels of biodiversity and for a variety of environments.Focusing on the analysis of species survey data, the manual provides a review of methods that are often used in diversity and community ecology literature including: species accumulation curves for site-based and individual-based species accumulation, including a new technique for exact calculation of site-based species accumulationdescription of appropriate methods for investigating…