xxi 299 pages, indexed, new edition with corrections. There is a stamp on the front paste down, an ownership inscription on the front end paper and the book has been coveredi n contact, else a clean, unmarked and solid copy, though obviously used. "Ecologists need to analyze their field data to interpret relationships within plant and animal communities and with their environments. The purpose of this book is to show ecologists and environmental scientists what numerical and statistical methods are most useful, how to use them and interpret the results from them, and what pitfalls to avoid. Subjects treated include data requirements, regression analysis, calibration (or inverse regression), ordination techniques, cluster analysis, and spatial analysis of ecological data. The authors take pains to use only elementary mathematics and explain the ecological models behind the techniques. Exercises and solution are provided for practice. This is the only book written specifically for ecologists that explains such techniques as logistic regression, canonical correspondence analysis, and kriging (statistical manipulation of data). This is a reissue of a book first published in 1987 by Pudoc (The Netherlands). Contents List of contributors; Preface to first edition; Acknowledgement; List of symbols; Dune meadow data; 1. Introduction R. Jongman; 2. Data collection J. Jager and C. Looman; 3. Regression C. ter Braak and C. Looman; 4. Calibration C. ter Braak; 5. Ordination C. ter Braak; 6. Cluster analysis O. van Tongeren; 7. Spatial aspects of ecological data P. Burrough; 8. Numerical methods in practice: case-studies P. Burrough, J. Oudhof, A. Barendregt, R. Jongman and T. van de Nes; References; Index."