Ecological methods :
Southwood, T. R. E
Ecological methods : with particular reference to the study of insect populations / T. R. E. Southwood. - Second Edition. - xxiv, 524 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes index (pages 491-524).
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Introduction to the study of animal populations -- 2. The sampling programme and the measurement and description of dispersion -- 3. Absolute population estimates using marking -- 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 habitat - soil and litter -- 6. Absolute population estimates by sampling a unit of habitat – fresh - water habitats -- 7. Relative methods of population measurement and the derivation of absolute estimates -- 8. Estimates based on products and effects of insects -- 9. Observational and experimental methods for the estimation of natality, mortality and dispersal -- 10. The construction, description and analysis of age-specific life-tables -- 11. Age-grouping of insects, time-specific life-tables and predictive population models -- 12. Systems analysis and modelling in ecology -- 13. Divesity, species packing and habitat description -- 14. The estimation of productivity and the construction of energy budgets.
0412307103 9780412307102
Ecology--Technique
Insect populations
Ecology--Methodology
Ecology
Statistics
Life sciences
Ecología--Técnica
Poblaciones de insectos
Ecología--Metodología
Ecología
Estadística
Ciencias de la Vida
577
Ecological methods : with particular reference to the study of insect populations / T. R. E. Southwood. - Second Edition. - xxiv, 524 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes index (pages 491-524).
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Introduction to the study of animal populations -- 2. The sampling programme and the measurement and description of dispersion -- 3. Absolute population estimates using marking -- 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 habitat - soil and litter -- 6. Absolute population estimates by sampling a unit of habitat – fresh - water habitats -- 7. Relative methods of population measurement and the derivation of absolute estimates -- 8. Estimates based on products and effects of insects -- 9. Observational and experimental methods for the estimation of natality, mortality and dispersal -- 10. The construction, description and analysis of age-specific life-tables -- 11. Age-grouping of insects, time-specific life-tables and predictive population models -- 12. Systems analysis and modelling in ecology -- 13. Divesity, species packing and habitat description -- 14. The estimation of productivity and the construction of energy budgets.
0412307103 9780412307102
Ecology--Technique
Insect populations
Ecology--Methodology
Ecology
Statistics
Life sciences
Ecología--Técnica
Poblaciones de insectos
Ecología--Metodología
Ecología
Estadística
Ciencias de la Vida
577