Ecological MethodologyEcological Methodology, Second Edition provides a balance of material on animal and plant populations, and teaches students of ecology how to design efficient tests in order to obtain maximum precision with minimal work. |
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aerial analysis aphids Appendix bias calculations Caughley Chapter cluster Cochran confidence interval confidence limits defined density estimate distance ecological ecologists END-OF-FILE Enter equation estimate of population estimate population example expected Figure finite population FORMAT 2X formulas frequency H₁ jackknife jackknife estimate level of precision line transect logarithmic series maximum measure of niche method Morisita index multistage sampling N₁ nearest neighbor negative binomial distribution niche breadth niche overlap null hypothesis Number of animals number of individuals number of samples number of species observed obtained parameters plot Poisson Poisson distribution population density population estimate preference problem Program proportion random points ratio READ regression relative replicates resource sample size sampling unit Schnabel simple random sampling spatial pattern species richness standard error statistical statistical population strata stratified mean stratum stratum h study area subsamples survival rate systematic sampling Table techniques Total number transformation variable variance