General Ecology Laboratory Manual - Brossura

Cox, George

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0072909749 ISBN 13: 9780072909746

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education, 2001

Riassunto

Designed for juniors and seniors, this one-semester laboratory manual is based on mathematical statistics. This new edition provides a wide range of topics for investigation. Author George Cox begins with exercises covering library research, designing an ecological study, and other introductory concepts. He then proceeds to an examination of specific types of measurement and an analysis of various aspects of ecology. Many of these laboratories are tied to current, commercially-available computer programs and software packages.

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L'autore:

Dr. George Cox, an ecologist, taught at San Diego State University and is dedicated to keeping up with the latest technology in his field. He is also author of a WCB lab manual for general ecology. Dr. Cox now offers consulting services through Biosphere and Biosurvival, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Contenuti:

Part I Techniques of Ecological Study

1 Designing an Ecological Study

2 Experimental Design in Ecological Studies

3 Sampling Design in Ecological Studies

4 Statistical Analysis and Testing in Ecology

5 Literature Research in Ecology

6 Internet Resources in Ecology

7 Preparing an Ecological Research Paper

Part II Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems

8 Plant Community Structure

9 Animal Community Structure

10 Soil Arthropod Community Structure

11 Structure of a Lake Ecosystem

Part III Temperature, Water, and Energy Relations

12 Acclimation to Temperature

13 Behavioral Preference Analysis

14 Plant Water Potential

15 Field Measurement of Photosynthesis and Transpiration

Part IV Population Ecology

16 Mark-Recapture and Catch-Effort Population Estimates

17 Mapping Home Ranges and Territories

18 Intrapopulation Dispersion Analysis

19 Mortality, Recruitment, and Migration Rates in Populations

20 Life Tables and Survivorship Curves

21 Ecogenetic Evolution in Plants

22 Population Growth, Limitation, and Interaction

Part V Intraspecific and Interspecific Interactions

23 Field Studies of Plant Competition

24 Ecological Isolation

25 Niche Breadth, Niche Overlap, and the Community Matrix

26 Interspecific Association

27 Pollination Ecology

Part VI Community Ecology

28 Measurement of Species Diversity

29 Community Similarity and Ordination

30 Nestedness in Community Composition

Part VII Ecosystem Ecology

31 Analysis of Food Webs

32 Primary Production in Terrestrial Ecosystems

33 Primary Production in Aquatic Ecosystems

34 Simulation of Ecosystem Dynamics

35 Mechanisms of Biotic Succession

Part VIII Regional and Global Ecology

36 Species-Area Relationships

37 Metapopulation Dynamics

38 Landscape Ecology

39 Geographic Information Systems

40 Conserving Global Biodiversity

Appendix I Statistical Tables

Appendix II Sources of Software and Hardware

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• Editore: McGraw-Hill Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0072909749
• ISBN 13: 9780072909746
• Rilegatura: Rilegatura a spirale
• Numero di pagine: 320