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

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

Princeton

Princeton University Press

c2010

xiii, 267 p. : ill., maps

Includes bibliographical references and index

Stanton Braude, Bobbi S. Low, editors

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 -- 01. Hardy-Weinberg: Evaluating Disequilibrium Forces / Jason J. Kolbe -- 11. Drift, Demographic Stochasticity, and Extinction in Woggles / James Robertson, Anton Weisstein and Stanton Braude -- 21. Conservation of Small Populations: Effective Population Sizes, Inbreeding, and the 05/005 Rule / Luke J. Harmon and Stanton Braude -- 31. Dispersal and Metapopulation Structure / James Robertson -- Sect. IV. Quantitative Ecological Tools -- 41. Understanding Descriptive Statistics / Beth Sparks-Jackson and Emily Silverman -- 51. Understanding Statistical Inference / Emily Silverman and Beth Sparks-Jackson -- 61. Sampling Wild Populations / Stanton Braude and James Robertson -- 71. Quantifying Biodiversity / Cawas Behram Engineer and Stanton Braude -- 81. Environmental Predictability and Life History / Bobbi S. Low and Stanton Braude -- 91. Modeling Optimal Foraging / Stanton Braude and James Robertson -- Sect. V. Synthetic Exercises and Writing Assignments -- 02. Evaluating Competing Hypotheses of Regional Biodiversity / Stanton Braude -- 12. 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

Research ، Ecology

Research ، Evolution )Biology(

Research ، Conservation biology

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