Gordon Fox received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University California, Davis. He is currently Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of South Florida. His research involves theoretical issues in ecology and population biology, and empirical studies of plant populations. He teaches at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, and supervises M.S. and Ph.D. students. He is co-author (with J. Gurevitch and S. M. Scheiner) of the textbook The Ecology of Plants, and co-editor (with C. K. Kelly and M. G. Bowler) of Temporal Niche Dynamics and Ecological Process. Fox is an associate editor of Ecology, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Simoneta Negrete-Yankelevich received her doctorate from the University of Edinburgh, and was a postdoctoral fellow within the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Belowground Biodiversity project (GEF-UNEP-TSBF). She is currently a researcher in the Functional Ecology Network of the Instituto de Ecologia A.C. in Mexico and a member of the Mexican National System of Researchers. She works on issues related to the temporal and spatial dimensions of disturbance in tropical agroecosystems. She coordinates and participates in research projects related to the long term effects of human disturbance on soil biota, fertility and functioning in the tropics. She teaches statistics courses for graduate students on linear models, spatial statistics, and multivariate statistics, and supervises M.S. and Ph.D. theses related to spatial issues in soil ecology.

Vinicio J. Sosa received his Ph.D. from the University of Miami, and has an Applied Statistics Specialization from the Instituto de Investigaciones en Matematicas Aplicadas y en Sistemas (IIMAS) at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM). He is a researcher in the Instituto de Ecologia A.C. in Mexico and a member of the Mexican National System of Researchers (SNI II). Sosa has extensive experience in applied ecological problems, especially on environmental impacts of infrastructure development. His current research focuses on the effect of landscape fragmentation on flying vertebrate communities, and on mutualistic relationships between columnar cacti and bats. He teaches graduate-level statistics courses for the Instituto de Ecologia, A. C., and acts as consulting statistician within the Instituto. He is associate editor of Acta Zoologica Mexicana.

Benjamin M. Bolker
Departments of Mathematics & Statistics and Biology
McMaster University
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1
Canada

Yvonne Buckley
School of Natural Sciences
Trinity College , University of Dublin
Dublin 2
Ireland

Gordon A. Fox
Department of Integrative Biology (SCA 110)
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Ave.
Tampa, FL 33620
USA

James Grace
US Geological Survey
700 Cajundome Blvd.
Lafayette, LA 70506
USA

Jessica Gurevitch
Department of Ecology and Evolution
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245
USA

Bruce E. Kendall
Bren School of Environmental Science & Management
University of California
Santa Barbara CA 93106-5131
USA

Marc Lajeunesse
Department of Integrative Biology (SCA 110)
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Ave.
Tampa, FL 33620
USA

Michael A. McCarthy
School of Botany
The University of Melbourne
Parkville VIC 3010
Australia

Earl McCoy
Department of Integrative Biology (SCA 110)
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Ave.
Tampa, FL 33620
USA

Shinichi Nakagawa
Department of Zoology
University of Otago
340 Great King Street
P.O. Box 56
Dunedin
New Zealand

Simoneta Negrete-Yankelevich
Instituto de Ecología (INECOL), A.C.
Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351
El Haya Xalapa 91070
Veracruz
México

Jonathan Rhodes
University of Queensland
School of Geography, Planning, and Environmental Management and ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions
Brisbane
Queensland 4072
Australia

Shane Richards
School of Biological & Biomedical Sciences
Durham University
South Road
Durham, DH1 3LE
UK

Samuel M. Scheiner
Division of Environmental Biology
National Science Foundation
Arlington, VA 22230
USA

Donald R. Schoolmaster Jr.
National Wetlands Research Center
U. S. Geological Survey
700 Cajundome Blvd.
Lafayette, LA 70506
USA

Vinicio J. Sosa
Instituto de Ecología (INECOL), A.C.
Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351
El Haya Xalapa 91070
Veracruz
México

"We would be glad to adopt this as a textbook and recommend it as a resource for graduate students who need to strengthen their understanding of modern statistical approaches that can inform ecological problems."--The Quarterly Review of Biology

"In this well-written and well-edited book, the authors successfully convey an understanding of statistics, rather than just a menu of statistical procedures. Ideas are explained preferentially by examples and illustration, and mathematical formalism is held at a minimum EL This book is a source of coherent statistical understanding."--Conservation Biology

"This is a rich selection of the new canon of ecological statistics. Most examples are illustrated with the relevant R code, all of which is available online. As a result, this is not just an introduction to the theory underlying new approaches - it is a hands-on introduction to their use! Importantly, the chapters - though cross-referenced - are self-contained. As such, many practising ecologists will be able to dip in to a chapter that covers a particular problem that they are facing. That is a real strength of this book and suggests that most ecological research groups will benefit from access to at least one copy." --British Ecological Society Bulletin

"Ecological Statistics: Contemporary Theory and Applications is an amazing piece of work that deftly performs the unenviable task of presenting the "need to know" methods of a complex field. ... This book would be a valuable addition to any course asking students to expand their statistical comfort zone, but also easily lends itself to self-study for those wishing to join the conversation of ecological statistics." --Plant Science Bulletin

"Ecological Statistics opens with a commendable introduction that makes some great points and provides an insightful big-picture perspective." --BioScience