Ecological methods

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4th edition of this classic Ecology text -Computational methods have largely been replaced by descriptions of the available software -Includes procedure information for R software and other freely available software systems -Now includes web references for equipment, software and detailed methodologies.

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Full title :Ecological methods / P.A. Henderson and T.R.E. Southwood.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2016
Edition:Fourth edition

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Publisher(s):John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Place of Publication:Chichester, West Sussex, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2016

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:9781118895269, 1118895266, 9781118895252, 1118895258
oclc:ocn928239168
LC Classification:QH541.28
Dewey Decimal:577

Ecological Methods -- Contents -- Prefaces -- Preface to fourth edition -- Preface to third edition -- Preface to second edition -- Preface to first edition -- About the Companion Website -- 1 Introduction to the Study of Animal Populations -- 1.1 Population estimates -- 1.1.1 Absolute and related estimates -- 1.1.2 Relative estimates -- 1.1.3 Population indices -- 1.2 Errors and confidence -- References -- 2 The Sampling Programme and the Measurement and Description of Dispersion -- 2.1 Preliminary sampling -- 2.1.1 Planning and fieldwork -- 2.1.2 Statistical aspects.

2.2 The sampling programme -- 2.2.1 The number of samples per habitat unit (e.g. plant, host or puddle) -- 2.2.2 The sampling unit, its selection, size and shape -- 2.2.3 The number of samples -- 2.2.4 The pattern of sampling -- 2.2.5 The timing of sampling -- 2.3 Dispersion -- 2.3.1 Mathematical distributions that serve as models -- 2.3.2 Biological interpretation of dispersion parameters -- 2.3.3 Nearest-neighbour and related techniques: measures of population size or of the departure from randomness of the distribution -- 2.4 Sequential sampling -- 2.4.1 Sampling numbers.

2.5 Presence or absence sampling -- 2.6…

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Animal populations Animaux -- Populations Ecology -- Technique Electronic books NATURE -- Ecology NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats SCIENCE -- Environmental Science SCIENCE -- Life Sciences