| 查看: 670 | 回复: 2 | ||
| 【奖励】 本帖被评价2次，作者fruitmycorrhiza增加金币 1.5 个 | ||
| 当前主题已经存档。 | ||
[资源]
《Research Techniques in Animal Ecology》-无重复
|
||
Research Techniques in Animal Ecology  Publisher: Columbia University Press Number Of Pages: 464 Publication Date: 2000-01-15 Sales Rank: 3002816 ISBN / ASIN: 0231113404 EAN: 9780231113403 Binding: Hardcover Manufacturer: Columbia University Press Studio: Columbia University Press Average Rating: 4.5 Total Reviews: 2 The present biodiversity crisis is rife with opportunities to make important conservation decisions; however, the misuse or misapplication of the methods and techniques of animal ecology can have serious consequences for the survival of species. Still, there have been relatively few critical reviews of methodology in the field. This book provides an analysis of some of the most frequently used research techniques in animal ecology, identifying their limitations and misuses, as well as possible solutions to avoid such pitfalls. In the process, contributors to this volume present new perspectives on the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data. Research Techniques in Animal Ecology is an overarching account of central theoretical and methodological controversies in the field, rather than a handbook on the minutiae of techniques. The editors have forged comprehensive presentations of key topics in animal ecology, such as territory and home range estimates, habitation evaluation, population viability analysis, GIS mapping, and measuring the dynamics of societies. Striking a careful balance, each chapter begins by assessing the shortcomings and misapplications of the techniques in question, followed by a thorough review of the current literature, and concluding with possible solutions and suggested guidelines for more robust investigations. Review: Excellent resource for biologists I bought this book for a class on techniques in vertebrate ecology (graduate school course). This book gives an excellent overview of sampling techniques, marking methods, population viability analysis, population demography, predator/prey relationships, etc. Several of the chapters are rather technical - discussing in depth the calculus and/or statistical equations used for some analyses. If you plan to work in field biology, this is a great handbook and provides valuable information and will be helpful for setting up and conducting your own studies in the field. Review: Very useful information for ecology students This edited volume is comprised of 11 chapters that deal with a variety of the methods used to obtain and analyze ecological data pertaining to animals. Because each chapter is written by a different author, the chapters vary in style and level of detail. The book starts with a very broad treatment of hypothesis testing and then proceeds to outline such techniques as marking vertebrates for mark-recapture studies, calculating home range size, measuring habitat selection and use, assessing vertebrate food habits and diet, measuring population sizes (a chapter I would have placed earlier in the book), detecting density dependent population change, modeling predator-prey dynamics, performing population viability analysis, measuring animal behaviors, and modeling species distributions using a Geographic Information System. The chapters on habitat selection and PVA were especially well-written. The book differs from Krebs' classic "Ecological Methodology" in that it spends far less time on statistical modeling and far more time reviewing the pros and cons of technqiues that are found in every ecologist's toolbox. The book has a distinctly vertebrate bias, making it not as useful as one might hope for those biologists like myself who study the other 99% of Kingdom Animalia. Even so, however, some of the techniques are directly transferrable to studies on invertebrates (and plants as well). The book is written at the level of advanced undergraduates or graduate students, but even seasoned professionals will appreciate the book when they are brushing up on familiar methods or trying to learn new ones. 下载地址：http://www.isload.com.cn/store/hijb2hcmsdxyh 发现ISLOAD上传太难了，太慢了，真的好累啊。 [search]fruitmycorrhiza[/search] http://www.isload.com.cn/store/hijb2hcmsdxyh [ Last edited by 极度灵感 on 2008-12-2 at 21:25 ] |
回复此楼» 猜你喜欢
招聘博士研究生
已经有45人回复
-
地质学论文润色/翻译怎么收费?
已经有130人回复
2楼2007-11-16 23:37:14
