Ecological methods

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Southwood, Richard (Author), Henderson, P. A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons , c2016
Edition:4th ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction to the study of animal populations
  • 2. The sampling and the measurement and description of dispersion
  • 3. Absolute population estimates using capture-recapture experiments
  • 4. Absolute population estimates by sampling a unit of habitat-air, plants, plant product and vertebrate hosts
  • 5. Absolute population estimates by sampling a unit pf aquatic habitat
  • 6. Absolute population estimates by sampling a unit of soil of litter habitat: extraction techniques
  • 7. Relative methods of population measurement and the derivation of absolute estimates
  • 8. Estimates of species richness and population size based on sings, products and effects
  • 9. Wildlife population estimates by census and distance measuring techniques
  • 10. Observational and experimental methods for the estimation of natality, mortality and dispersal
  • 11. The construction, description and analysis of age-specific life-tables
  • 12. Age-grouping, time-specific life-tables and predictive population models
  • 13. Species richness, diversity and packing
  • 14. The estimation of productivity and the construction of energy budgets
  • 15. Studies at large spatial, temporal and numerical scales and the classification of habitats