Reddit reviews Ecological Models and Data in R

For statistical models in ecology, I reccommend Ben Bolker's Ecological Models and Data in R.

I'm taking a stats class right now and we're just working our way through Ben Bolker's book which is decent and goes through a lot of stats theory. It's completely R based though, which may or may not be helpful to you.

http://www.amazon.com/Ecological-Models-Data-Benjamin-Bolker/dp/0691125228

It's very clear for a book on mathematical statistics. It also considers the Bayesian (and even Empirical Bayesian) approach. I'm sometimes shocked at what it covers and how well it covers it in so few pages. For example, there's a nice section on the EM algorithm, which most books in the same class don't cover (unless they're huge).

Edit: I should mention... if you're a scientist looking for how statistics works this is the book for you. If you want to learn a ton about regression/ANOVA, time-series, covariance structures, blah, blah, blah, this book is not for you. A great introduction (for all scientists) that covers this stuff quickly and effectively (as well as MLE, optimization, and R) is Ecological Models and Data with R.

Edit 2: If you want applied linear models, Applied Linear Statistical Models is good, but doesn't use R. Luckily formula objects and delayed evaluation give R some beautiful expressivity here.