Graham Upton is a retired Professor of Applied Statistics with an interest in the natural world. He volunteers on citizen science projects such as the Breeding Bird Survey and other projects run by the British Trust for Ornithology and the Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey. He is author or co-author of eight books, including as lead author of the Oxford Dictionary of Statistics, and has published over 100 papers.
A real strength of Measuring Abundance is the simplicity of the writing. One highlight that helps to transform the book into something more than a true reference manual is the advice and sampling tips scattered throughout -- Jo A. Werba * Quarterly Review of Biology *