Bayesian Statistics in Ecology

Bayesian statistics has exploded into biology and its sub-disciplines, such as ecology, over the past decade.

Software Tools

The free software program WinBUGS, and its open-source sister OpenBugs, is currently the only flexible and general-purpose program available with which the average ecologist can conduct standard and non-standard Bayesian statistics.

Features and Examples

Comprehensive and richly commented examples illustrate a wide range of models that are most relevant to the research of a modern population ecologist.

Integration with R

All WinBUGS/OpenBugs analyses are completely integrated in software R.

Documentation and Workflow

Includes complete documentation of all R and WinBUGS code required to conduct analyses and shows all the necessary steps from having the data in a text file out of Excel to interpreting and processing the output from WinBUGS in R.