Ecological Methods

Klappentext Completely revised and rewritten edition of a classic. Scope extended to all macroscopic animals, notably fish and other vertebrates. Active web site displaying additional material. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prefaces 1. Introduction to the Study of Animal Populations2. The Sampling Programme and the Measurement and Description of Dispersion3. Absolute Population Estimates Using Capture-Recapture Experiments4. Absolute Population Estimates by Sampling a Unit of Habitat: Air, Plants, Plant Products and Vertebrate Hosts5. Absolute Population Estimates by Sampling a Unit of Aquatic Habitat6. Absolute Population Estimates by Sampling a Unit of Soil or Litter Habitat: Extraction Techniques7. Relative Methods of Population Measurement and the Derivation of Absolute Estimates8. Estimates of Species Richness and Population Size Based on Signs, Products and Effects9. Wildlife Population Estimates by Census and Distance Measuring Techniques10. Observational and Experimental Methods for the Estimation of Natality, Mortality and Dispersal11. The Construction, Description and Analysis of Age-Specific Life-Tables12. Age-grouping, Time-Specific Life Tables and Predictive Population Models13. Species Richness, Diversity and Packing14. The Estimation of Productivity and the Construction of energy Budgets15. Studies at large Spatial and Temporal Scales and the Classification of Habitats References Index

List of contents

Prefaces.
1. Introduction to the Study of Animal Populations.

2. The Sampling Programme and the Measurement and Description ofDispersion.

3. Absolute Population Estimates Using Capture-RecaptureExperiments.

4. Absolute Population Estimates by Sampling a Unit of Habitat:Air, Plants, Plant Products and Vertebrate Hosts.

5. Absolute Population Estimates by Sampling a Unit of AquaticHabitat.

6. Absolute Population Estimates by Sampling a Unit of Soil orLitter Habitat: Extraction Techniques.

7. Relative Methods of Population Measurement and the Derivationof Absolute Estimates.

8. Estimates of Species Richness and Population Size Based onSigns, Products and Effects.

9. Wildlife Population Estimates by Census and DistanceMeasuring Techniques.

10. Observational and Experimental Methods for the Estimation ofNatality, Mortality and Dispersal.

11. The Construction, Description and Analysis of Age-SpecificLife-Tables.

12. Age-grouping, Time-Specific Life Tables and PredictivePopulation Models.

13. Species Richness, Diversity and Packing.

14. The Estimation of Productivity and the Construction ofenergy Budgets.

15. Studies at large Spatial and Temporal Scales and theClassification of Habitats.

References.

Index

Product details

• Authors: Henderson, P. A. Henderson, Peter A. Henderson, Southwood, Richard Southwood, Sir T. R. E. Henderson Southwood, Sir T.r.e. Henderson Southwood, T. R. E. Southwood, T.r.e. Henderson Southwood, SOUTHWOOD T R E HENDERSON P A
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.05.2000
• EAN: 9780632054770
• ISBN: 978-0-632-05477-0
• No. of pages: 592
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)