Field and Laboratory Methods for General Ecology,/
James E. Brower ; Jerrold H. Zar & Carl N. von Ende.
- Fourth Edition
- Boston, Mass.: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 1997.
- xi, 273 p.
Unit 1*Collecting, Analyzing, and Reporting Ecological Data a. Ecological Sampling 1b. Data Analysis 1c. Writing Research Reports Unit 2*Analysis of Habitats 2a. Microhabitat Analysis 2b. Atmospheric Analysis2c. Substrate Analysis2d. Analysis of Aquatic Habitats2e. Chemical Analysis of Habitats2f. Habitat AssessmentUnit 3*Biotic Sampling Methods3a. Plot Sampling3b. Transect Sampling3c. Point-quarter Sampling3d. Terrestrial Invertebrate Sampling3e. Aquatic Sampling3f. Capture-recapture Sampling3g. Removal Sampling3h. Terrestrial Vertebrate SamplingUnit 4*Analysis of Populations4a. Age Structure and Survivorship4b. Population Growth4c. Population Dispersion4d. Competition4e. PredationUnit 5* Analysis of Communities5a. Community Structure5b. Species Diversity5c. Community SimilarityUnit 6*Analysis of Production6a. Biomass Measurements6b. Aquatic Productivity6c. Aquatic MicroecosystemsAppendixesA. Symbols and AbbreviationsB. Equivalents for Units of MeasurementsC. Atomic Weights of ElementsD. Common LogarithmE. Microcomputer Programming