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Part I: Techniques of Ecological Study.. 1 Designing an Ecological Study.. 2 Experimental Design in Ecological Studies.. 3 Sampling Design in Ecological Studies. 4 Statistical Analysis and Testing in Ecology.. 5 Literature Research in Ecology.. 6 Internet Resources in Ecology.. 7 Preparing an Ecological Research Paper.. Part II: Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems.. 8 Plant Community Structure.. 9 Animal Community Structure.. 10 Soil Arthropod Community Structure.. 11 Structure of a Lake Ecosystem.. Part III: Temperature, Water, and Energy Relations.. 12 Acclimation to Temperature.. 13 Behavioral Preference Analysis.. 14 Plant Water Potential.. 15 Field Measurement of Photosynthesis and Transpiration.. Part IV: Population Ecology.. 16 Mark-Recapture and Catch-Effort Population Estimates.. 17 Mapping Home Ranges and Territories.. 18 Intrapopulation Dispersion Analysis.. 19 Mortality, Recruitment, and Migration Rates in Populations.. 20 Life Tables and Survivorship Curves.. 21 Ecogenetic Evolution in Plants.. 22 Population Growth, Limitation, and Interaction..

Part V: Intraspecific and Interspecific Interactions.. 23 Field Studies of Plant Competition.. 24 Ecological Isolation.. 25 Niche Breadth, Niche Overlap, and the Community Matrix.. 26 Interspecific Association.. 27 Pollination Ecology.. Part VI: Community Ecology.. 28 Measurement of Species Diversity.. 29 Community Similarity and Ordination.. 30 Nestedness in Community Composition.. Part VII: Ecosystem Ecology.. 31 Analysis of Food Webs.. 32 Primary Production in Terrestrial Ecosystems.. 33 Primary Production in Aquatic Ecosystems.. 34 Simulation of Ecosystem Dynamics.. 35 Mechanisms of Biotic Succession.. Part VIII: Regional and Global Ecology.. 36 Species-Area Relationships.. 37 Metapopulation Dynamics.. 38 Landscape Ecology.. 39 Geographic Information Systems.. 40 Conserving Global Biodiversity.. Appendix I: Statistical Tables.. Appendix II: Sources of Software and Hardware.

Designed for juniors and seniors, this one-semester laboratory manual is based on mathematical statistics. This new edition provides a wide range of topics for investigation. Author George Cox begins with exercises covering library research, designing an ecological study, and other introductory concepts. He then proceeds to an examination of specific types of measurement and an analysis of various aspects of ecology. Many of these laboratories are tied to current, commercially-available computer programs and software packages.