[R-sig-eco] Book Suggestions

[Kyle Hernandez]

Hello,
     My name is Kyle Hernandez and I'm a Ph.D. candidate at Purdue 
University.  I am an R-user and have recently just started the Purdue 
R-users Group.  However, I am really the only one in my area 
(ecology/evolution/behavior) that uses R (and has an advanced education 
in statistics). A group of fellow students really want to get into R 
(especially those doing QTL/animal model things) and requested to have a 
readings course this summer.  I will be there to help them understand 
the syntax (and the math), but I don't know of any good 'general' R 
books.  I have used Pinheiro and Bates Mixed-Effect Models in S and 
S-PLUS for personal reasons, but it really only focuses on the nlme 
package.  If anyone has a suggestion for a book that would go through 
data I/O, data management (matrices, etc.), and then goes into 
univariate and multivariate statistics (possibly even genomics) then 
please let me know.  I know of statmethods as a great resource for 
statistics, and I'm sure there are several other resources for specifics 
(i.e., I use the ggplot2 online websource almost daily).  I doubt such a 
book exists, but maybe through your suggestions I can find one book and 
several online resources to help these students learn R.  I really 
appreciate your help!

Kyle

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Kyle Hernandez
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Biological Sciences
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907