Re: [ECOLOG-L] Bayesian inference in ecology/biology

Hello Jorge, See also the special issue in Ecology Ecological Applications, 6(4), 1996, pp. 1036-1094 Ellison and Dixon make the case for Bayesian to (a) make better use of pre-existing data; (b) allow stronger conclusions to be drawn from large-scale experiments with few replicates; and (c) b

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Bayesian inference in ecology/biology

Hello Jorge, If you would like to look at an accessible text try: Bayesian Methods for Ecology Paperback – May 10 2007 by Michael A. McCarthy The Wikipedia entry has a number of errors, so not to be trusted. Speaking of being careful, there are no verifiable pictures of Thomas Bayes. The pict

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[ECOLOG-L] Bayesian inference in ecology/biology

Bayesian inference in ecology/biology Dear Colleagues: I am looking for papers, book chapters, etc. on the subject of Bayesian inference in ecology/biology. I have found a few articles available on the web (and already ordered a few books) but they do not seem to provide an appropriate backgroun

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