| Description |
viii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Part 1: What is plant population ecology? -- 1. Scope of plant population ecology -- Part 2: Planning a study -- 2. The question and approach -- 3. Basic considerations in experimental design -- 4. Planning, choosing, and using statistics, Elizabeth A. John -- Part 3: Doing the study -- 5. Experimental treatments -- 6. Measuring individual and population parameters -- 7. Abiotic and biotic measurements of a plant's environment -- 8. Spatial patterns, life tables, and modelling -- Appendix -- References -- Animal index -- Plant index -- Subject index |
| Summary |
"This new book is intended to assist senior undergraduates and post-graduate students design their own experiments and establish a research program in plant population ecology. Practical advice is provided on how to set up a research program, how to ask pertinent questions, and how to use science process skills in conducting research. Individual chapters cover facets of experimental design, statistics, experimental variables and treatments, measurements of plants and their environment, spatial pattern analysis, life tables, and modelling. Numerous citations to the current research literature are provided, and four case studies are referred to throughout the book to illustrate the use of methodology. The book provides guidance for researchers so that they can critically evaluate the problem that they are addressing, and determine the most suitable approach. The book will be of value to teachers who are developing field and laboratory modules in population ecology."--Book jacket |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Plant ecology.
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Plant ecology -- Research.
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Plant ecology -- Research -- Methodology.
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Plant populations -- Research -- Methodology.
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Plant populations -- Methodology.
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Plant populations -- Research.
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| LC no. |
2002280517 |
| ISBN |
0198505620 paperback |
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