| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 508 pages) illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Introduction to the study of animals -- The sampling programme and the measurement and description of dispersion -- Absolute population estimates using capture-recapture experiments -- Absolute population estimates by sampling a unit of habitat : air, plants, plant products, and vertebrate hosts -- Absolute population estimates by sampling a unit of aquatic habitat -- Absolute population estimates by sampling a unit of soil or litter habitat : extraction techniques -- Relative methods of population measurement and the derivation of absolute estimates -- Estimates of species richness and population size based on signs, products and effects -- Wildlife population estimates by census and distance measuring techniques -- Observational and experimental methods to estimate natality, mortality, movement, and dispersal -- The construction, description, and analysis of age-specific life-tables -- Age-grouping, time-specific life-tables, and predictive population -- Species richness, diversity, and packing -- Estimation of productivity and the construction of energy budgets -- Techniques for the study of long-term dynamics : analysing time series -- Studies at large spatial scales, citizen science, and the classification of habitats |
| Summary |
"Ecological Methods by the late T.R.E. Southwood and revised over the years by P.A. Henderson has developed into a classic reference work for the field biologist. It provides a handbook of ecological methods and analytical techniques pertinent to the study of animals, with an emphasis on non-microscopic animals in both terrestrial and aquatic environments. It remains unique in the breadth of the methods presented and in the depth of the literature cited, stretching right back to the earliest days of ecological research. The universal availability of R as an open source package has radically changed the way ecologists analyse their data. In response, Southwood's classic text has been thoroughly revised to be more relevant and useful to a new generation of ecologists, making the vast resource of R packages more readily available to the wider ecological community. By focusing on the use of R for data analysis, supported by worked examples, the book is now more accessible than previous editions to students requiring support and ideas for their projects. Southwood's Ecological Methods provides a crucial resource for both graduate students and research scientists in applied ecology, wildlife ecology, fisheries, agriculture, conservation biology, and habitat ecology. It will also be useful to the many professional ecologists, wildlife biologists, conservation biologists and practitioners requiring an authoritative overview of ecological methodology"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from resource home page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed December 13, 2022) |
| Subject |
Ecology -- Methodology.
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Ecology -- Data processing
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Animal populations.
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Animal populations -- Statistical methods
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Animal populations
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Animal populations -- Statistical methods
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Ecology -- Data processing
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Ecology -- Methodology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Southwood, Richard, Sir.
Ecological methods
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| ISBN |
9780192607034 |
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0192607030 |
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9780191895067 |
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0191895067 |
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