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 ====== Statistical methods for biodiversity research ======
-===== Resources for R =====
+===== General information =====
+   * **[[http://ordination.okstate.edu/|Ordination methods for ecologists]]**
+   * **[[http://ebd06.ebd.csic.es/statpage.htm|Statistics for ecologists]]** A collection of useful links to sites with statistical or mathematical material relevant to ecologists.
+===== Books =====
+   * **[[http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/ecology/book/978-0-387-45967-7|Analyzing Ecological Data]]** - This book is available online [[http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-0-387-45967-7#section=292216&page=1|here.]]
+   * **[[http://www.amazon.com/Numerical-Ecology-Developments-Environmental-Modelling/dp/0444892508/ref=pd_cp_b_2|Numerical Ecology 2nd edition]]** - by Pierre and Louis Legendre. A classic reference text in quantitative ecology.
+   * **[[http://ca.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0632056339,descCd-google_preview.html|Measure Biological Diversity]]**  - by Anne E. Magurran.
+   * **[[http://www.icraf.com/resources/databases/tree-diversity-analysis|Tree diversity analysis]]** - A free manual and software for common statistical methods for ecological and biodiversity studies.
-  * **[[http://www.r-project.org/|Official R project homepage]]
-  * **[[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/r|Stackoverflow]]** provides users the ability to ask and asnwer questions related to R. Questions that are well articulated are generally answered promptly. Make sure you search the archives of questions to determine whether your question was asked previously, prior to posting a new question.
-  * **[http://www.rseek.org/|R seek]]** a great search engine for R.
-  * **[http://www.r-project.org/mail.html|R mailing lists]]** The archives of the mailing lists provide a wealth of information about R, can be searched [[http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/|here.]]
 ===== Resources for Python =====
+  * **[[http://numpy.scipy.org/|Official page of NumPy]]** The fundamental package needed for scientific computing with Python.
+  * **[[http://www.scipy.org/|SciPy]]** Another Python library that uses NumPy to do advanced math, signal processing, optimization, statistics. The list of staticical functions is provided [[http://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/stats.html|here.]]
+  * **[[http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/|matplotlib]]** A python 2D plotting library which produces publication quality figures.
+  * **[[http://www.omegahat.org/RSPython/index.html|R/SPlus - Python Interface]]** An interface that allows Python code to call R functions and R code to create Python objects and call Python functions and methods.