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Dedication
To R., B., and the memory of M.
Preface to First Edition
This book advocates a style of quantitative thinking that I have found useful in ecological
research and that I hope others will find of benefit in the design of their research or in read-
ing and evaluating the work of others. The style relies heavily on t