Simple models for abundance

Simple models for abundance

Ecology is fundamentally the study of the distribution and abundance of living things, and a core goal is to understand the factors that influence the spatial and temporal variation in distribution and abundance patterns. Over the last few months, I have had a few people asking me how to model abundance, so I decided to make a quick post on the topic.

Modelling tips II

A few tips for modelling and analysing ecological data. 

Episode II

Let's continue with the second part of my personal tips for analysing ecological data. Most of you would read through this post and think that it amounts to no more than a collection of motherhood statements and very basic recommendations. That might be true, but it strikes me how important and simple these tips are, yet I keep on finding works that would have benefited from using these ideas to improve the analyses presented.