[R-sig-eco] New to R

[ONKELINX, Thierry]

Dear Bob,

I enjoyed reading Zuur et al (2009)

@BOOK{
  title = {Mixed Effects Models and Extensions in Ecology with R},
  publisher = {Springer New York},
  year = {2009},
  author = {Zuur, Alain F. and Ieno, Elena N. and Walker, Neil J. and Saveliev,
	Anatoly A. and Smith, Graham M.},
  doi = {10.1007/978-0-387-87458-6}
}

Best regards,

Thierry

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ir. Thierry Onkelinx
Instituut voor natuur- en bosonderzoek
team Biometrie & Kwaliteitszorg
Gaverstraat 4
9500 Geraardsbergen
Belgium

Research Institute for Nature and Forest
team Biometrics & Quality Assurance
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Thierry.Onkelinx at inbo.be
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> Van: r-sig-ecology-bounces at r-project.org 
> [mailto:r-sig-ecology-bounces at r-project.org] Namens Bob Keeland
> Verzonden: woensdag 17 november 2010 18:57
> Aan: r-sig-ecology at r-project.org
> Onderwerp: [R-sig-eco] New to R
> 
> OK all, I'm a research forest ecologist who worked for the US 
> Fish & Wildlife Service and the US Geological Survey for 16 
> years after studying under Dr. Sharitz at the Savannah River 
> Ecology Laboratory. Most of my work has been in bottomland 
> hardwood forest and cypress/tupelo swamps of the Southeastern 
> United States. My data analysis tool was SAS, and I do some 
> programming in Visual Basic.  I now work with a very small 
> company that has little in the way of data analysis or 
> graphics capabilites. I therefore downloaded R and am trying 
> to figure it out. 
>  
> Other than the "Introduction to R" manual and other things on 
> the R website can you recommend a good book on R. My analysis 
> needs are not that complex. I currently need to do an ANOVA 
> on two tree populations to see if they are significantly 
> different with respect to size (one area was polluted and the 
> other is a control). I also need to do some point-quarter 
> analysis for two separate forest populations, one in NE Texas 
> and the other in S Mississipp).
>  
> Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
>  
> Bob Keeland
> Research Forest Ecologist
> Forest Dynamics, Inc.
> Louisiana
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