Ecological Methods With Particular Reference to the Study of Insect Populations /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Southwood, T.R. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1978.
Edition:1st ed. 1978.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7291-0
Table of Contents:
  • to the Study of Animal Populations
  • The Sampling Programme and the Measurement and Description of Dispersion
  • Absolute Population Estimates using Marking Techniques
  • Absolute Population Estimates by Sampling a Unit of Habitat - Air, Plants, Plant Products and Vertebrate Hosts
  • Absolute Population Estimates by Sampling a Unit of Habitat - Soil and Litter
  • Absolute Population Estimates by Sampling a Unit of Habitat - Freshwater Habitats
  • Relative Methods of Population Measurement and the Derivation of Absolute Estimates
  • Estimates based on Products and Effects of Insects
  • Observational and Experimental Methods for the Estimation of Natality, Mortality and Dispersal
  • The Construction, Description and Analysis of Age-specific Life-tables
  • Age-grouping of Insects, Time-specific Life-tables and Predictive Population Models
  • Systems Analysis and Modelling in Ecology
  • Diversity, Species Packing and Habitat Description
  • The Estimation of Productivity and the Construction of Energy Budgets.