General Ecology Laboratory Manual

Part I Techniques of Ecological Study

1 Designing an Ecological Study

2 Experimental Design in Ecological Studies

3 Sampling Design in Ecological Studies

4 Statistical Analysis and Testing in Ecology

5 Literature Research in Ecology

6 Internet Resources in Ecology

7 Preparing an Ecological Research Paper

Part II Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems

8 Plant Community Structure

9 Animal Community Structure

10 Soil Arthropod Community Structure

11 Structure of a Lake Ecosystem

Part III Temperature, Water, and Energy Relations

12 Acclimation to Temperature

13 Behavioral Preference Analysis

14 Plant Water Potential

15 Field Measurement of Photosynthesis and Transpiration

Part IV Population Ecology

16 Mark-Recapture and Catch-Effort Population Estimates

17 Mapping Home Ranges and Territories

18 Intrapopulation Dispersion Analysis

19 Mortality, Recruitment, and Migration Rates in Populations

20 Life Tables and Survivorship Curves

21 Ecogenetic Evolution in Plants

22 Population Growth, Limitation, and Interaction

Part V Intraspecific and Interspecific Interactions

23 Field Studies of Plant Competition

24 Ecological Isolation

25 Niche Breadth, Niche Overlap, and the Community Matrix

26 Interspecific Association

27 Pollination Ecology

Part VI Community Ecology

28 Measurement of Species Diversity

29 Community Similarity and Ordination

30 Nestedness in Community Composition

Part VII Ecosystem Ecology

31 Analysis of Food Webs

32 Primary Production in Terrestrial Ecosystems

33 Primary Production in Aquatic Ecosystems

34 Simulation of Ecosystem Dynamics

35 Mechanisms of Biotic Succession

Part VIII Regional and Global Ecology

36 Species-Area Relationships

37 Metapopulation Dynamics

38 Landscape Ecology

39 Geographic Information Systems

40 Conserving Global Biodiversity

Appendix I Statistical Tables

Appendix II Sources of Software and Hardware