Large‐Scale Perturbations: Opportunities for Innovation

Several approaches are discussed for statistical analysis of large—scale (and possibly unreplicated) ecological experiments. These include intervention analyses and comparisons of alternative models using Bayes' formula. Such techniques are unfamiliar to many ecologists and are not typically included in graduate curricula in ecology. I argue for increased training in these areas and for collaborations between statisticians and ecologists to develop innovative approaches to the analysis of large—scale perturbations. See full-text article at JSTOR

[1]  G. Likens.  An Experimental Approach for the Study of Ecosystems: The Fifth Tansley Lecture , 1985 .

[2]  Stephen R. Carpenter,et al.  Randomized Intervention Analysis and the Interpretation of Whole‐Ecosystem Experiments , 1989 .

[3]  G. C. Tiao,et al.  Bayesian inference in statistical analysis , 1973 .

[4]  Gary E. Blau,et al.  Mathematical Model Building with an Application to Determine the Distribution of Dursban® Insecticide added to a Simulated Ecosystem , 1975 .

[5]  Kenneth H. Reckhow,et al.  Bayesian inference in non-replicated ecological studies , 1990 .

[6]  Carl J. Walters,et al.  Large‐Scale Management Experiments and Learning by Doing , 1990 .

[7]  Carl J. Walters,et al.  Adaptive Management of Renewable Resources , 1986 .

[8]  P. Diaconis,et al.  Computer-Intensive Methods in Statistics , 1983 .

[9]  Park M. Reilly,et al.  Statistical methods in model discrimination , 1970 .

[10]  Stephen R. Carpenter,et al.  Patterns of Primary Production and Herbivory in 25 North American Lake Ecosystems , 1991 .

[11]  Sidney Addelman,et al.  trans-Dimethanolbis(1,1,1-trifluoro-5,5-dimethylhexane-2,4-dionato)zinc(II) , 2008, Acta crystallographica. Section E, Structure reports online.

[12]  Stan Dormer.  Do we know what we are talking about , 1990 .

[13]  C. Morris.  Parametric Empirical Bayes Inference: Theory and Applications , 1983 .

[14]  Allan Stewart-Oaten,et al.  ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT: "PSEUDOREPLICATION" IN TIME?' , 1986 .

[15]  Steven P. Millard,et al.  Environmental Monitoring, Statistics, and the Law: Room for Improvement , 1987 .

[16]  Lawrence B. Mohr.  Impact analysis for program evaluation , 1988 .

[17]  Donald L. DeAngelis,et al.  Scale in the Design and Interpretation of Aquatic Community Research , 1988 .

[18]  D. Schindler,et al.  Long-Term Ecosystem Stress: The Effects of Years of Experimental Acidification on a Small Lake , 1985, Science.

[19]  S. Hurlbert.  Pseudoreplication and the Design of Ecological Field Experiments , 1984 .

[20]  M. Gilpin,et al.  Perturbation Experiments in Community Ecology: Theory and Practice , 1984 .

[21]  George E. P. Box,et al.  Intervention Analysis with Applications to Economic and Environmental Problems , 1975 .

[22]  Stephen R. Carpenter,et al.  Epistemology, Experiments, and Pragmatism , 1988 .

[23]  Stephen R. Carpenter,et al.  Replication and Treatment Strength in Whole‐Lake Experiments , 1989 .