An introduction to methods & models in ecology, evolution, & conservation biology /

Este libro de texto examina modelos y métodos cuantitativos en ecología, ecología conductual, biología evolutiva y conservación. Explora los conceptos básicos compartidos por estos campos relacionados utilizando herramientas y habilidades prácticas como el diseño experimental, la generación de filog...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Braude, Stan (Editor ), Low, Bobbi S. (Editor )
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Materias:
Ecología > Investigaciones
Evolución (Biología) > Investigaciones
Biología de la conservación > Investigaciones
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Sect. I. Evolutionary Biology
  • 1. Evolution and Pesticide Resistance: Examining Quantitative Trends Visually / Stanton Braude and John Gaskin
  • 2. Lizard Ecomorphology: Generating and Testing Hypotheses of Adaptation / Kenneth H. Kozak
  • 3. Phylogenetic Inference: Examining Morphological and Molecular Datasets / James Beck
  • 4. Life History Tradeoffs in Avian Clutch Size: Interpreting Life History Data and Evaluating Alternative Hypotheses / Jon Hess
  • 5. Mimicry: Experimental Design and Scientific Logic / James Robertson
  • Sect. II. Demography and Population Ecology
  • 6. Life Table Analysis / Stanton Braude
  • 7. Lotka-Volterra Competition Modeling / Stanton Braude, Tara Scherer and Rebecca McGaha
  • 8. Explosive Population Growth and Invasive Exotic Species / Jon Hess and James Robertson
  • 9. Island Biogeography: Evaluating Correlational Data and Testing Alternative Hypotheses / James Robertson
  • Sect. III. Population Genetics
  • 10. Hardy-Weinberg: Evaluating Disequilibrium Forces / Jason J. Kolbe
  • 11. Drift, Demographic Stochasticity, and Extinction in Woggles / James Robertson, Anton Weisstein and Stanton Braude
  • 12. Conservation of Small Populations: Effective Population Sizes, Inbreeding, and the 50/500 Rule / Luke J. Harmon and Stanton Braude
  • 13. Dispersal and Metapopulation Structure / James Robertson
  • Sect. IV. Quantitative Ecological Tools
  • 14. Understanding Descriptive Statistics / Beth Sparks-Jackson and Emily Silverman
  • 15. Understanding Statistical Inference / Emily Silverman and Beth Sparks-Jackson
  • 16. Sampling Wild Populations / Stanton Braude and James Robertson
  • 17. Quantifying Biodiversity / Cawas Behram Engineer and Stanton Braude
  • 18. Environmental Predictability and Life History / Bobbi S. Low and Stanton Braude
  • 19. Modeling Optimal Foraging / Stanton Braude and James Robertson
  • Sect. V. Synthetic Exercises and Writing Assignments
  • 20. Evaluating Competing Hypotheses of Regional Biodiversity / Stanton Braude
  • 21. Preparing and Evaluating Competitive Grant Proposals for Conservation Funding / Stanton Braude
  • 22. Tracing the History of Scientific Ideas: From Darwin, Connell, or Soule to the Present / Bobbi S. Low.

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