Ecological MethodologyEcological Methodology, Second Edition provides a balance of material on animal and plant populations, and teaches students of ecology how to design efficient tests in order to obtain maximum precision with minimal work. |
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... Ecologists collect data and , as in other fields in biology , the data they collect are to be used for testing hypotheses . Modern science proceeds by conjecture and refutation , by hypothesis and test , by ideas and data . Ecology is ...
... Ecologists collect data and , as in other fields in biology , the data they collect are to be used for testing hypotheses . Modern science proceeds by conjecture and refutation , by hypothesis and test , by ideas and data . Ecology is ...
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... ecologist might burn one plot of grass- land and leave a second plot unburned . Most ecologists use the word " experiment " to apply only to manipulative experiments , but this is too restrictive . Experiments always involve some ...
... ecologist might burn one plot of grass- land and leave a second plot unburned . Most ecologists use the word " experiment " to apply only to manipulative experiments , but this is too restrictive . Experiments always involve some ...
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... ecologists in particular have developed a wide array of multivariate statistical techniques to assist in the analysis of community patterns and to help in defining the environmental controls of community patterns . Gradient analysis and ...
... ecologists in particular have developed a wide array of multivariate statistical techniques to assist in the analysis of community patterns and to help in defining the environmental controls of community patterns . Gradient analysis and ...
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abundance aphids Appendix assumptions bias calculations capture Caughley census zone Chapter chi-square clumped coefficient of variation confidence interval confidence limits defined density estimate distance ecological ecologists END-OF-FILE Enter equal catchability equation estimate of population estimate population example Figure finite population FORMAT 2X formula frequency distribution index of dispersion line transect mark-recapture marked animals method n₁ nearest neighbor negative binomial distribution niche breadth niche overlap normal distribution null hypothesis Number of animals Number of individuals number of quadrats number of samples number of species observed obtained parameters Petersen plot Poisson distribution population density population estimate problem Program proportion quadrat counts random points random sampling ratio READ recaptures regression sample size sample sizes sampling unit Schnabel Seber second sample simple random sampling spatial pattern standard error statistical statistical population stratum study area survival rate Table techniques Total number transformation variable variance