Suggested books on spatial statistics What are some of the best books for studying 
i) variability of univariate and multivariate variables (real, count data) across a spatial domain.
ii) sampling a univariate or multivariate variable based on its distribution across spatial locations. (Spatial sampling in short)
 A: Ok. These books seem to be general books on spatial statistics, not restricted to particular area:


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*Bivand et al - Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R - This book was recommended in some presentation at an ecological conference.

*Banerjee et. al - Hierarchical Modeling and Analysis for Spatial Data. This one I just found randomly I think, don't know nothing about it...
From my perspective of Population Ecology and Species Distribution Modelling, I've come accross these books:


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*Janet Franklin - Mapping Species Distributions: Spatial Inference and Prediction.
I like this book, it seems to be quite nice for beginners.

*Peterson et al - Ecological Niches and Geographic Distributions. I haven't read this book but my advisor recommends it as a good piece of work on SDM.

*Rhodes et al - Population Dynamics in Ecological Space and Time. This one I just found randomly I think, don't know nothing about it.

*Tilman et al - Spatial Ecology: The Role of Space in Population Dynamics and Interspecific Interactions. This one I just found randomly I think, don't know nothing about it.
