How to Do Ecology : A Concise Handbook - Second Edition / Richard Karban, Mikaela Huntzinger, Ian S. Pearse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karban, Richard, author.

Huntzinger, Mikaela, author.

Pearse, Ian S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecology--Experiments--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Ecology.

Ecology--Research--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 p.)

Edition:

Second

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Most books and courses in ecology cover facts and concepts but don't explain how to actually do ecological research. How to Do Ecology provides nuts-and-bolts advice on organizing and conducting a successful research program. This one-of-a-kind book explains how to choose a research question and answer it through manipulative experiments and systematic observations. Because science is a social endeavor, the book provides strategies for working with other people, including professors and collaborators. It suggests effective ways to communicate your findings in the form of journal articles, oral presentations, posters, and grant and research proposals. The book also includes ideas to help you identify your goals, organize a season of fieldwork, and deal with negative results. In short, it makes explicit many of the unspoken assumptions behind doing good research in ecology and provides an invaluable resource for meaningful conversations between ecologists.This second edition of How to Do Ecology features new sections on conducting and analyzing observational surveys, job hunting, and becoming a more creative researcher, as well as updated sections on statistical analyses.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Boxes

Preface to the Second Edition

Introduction: The Aims of This Book

Chapter 1. Picking a Question

Chapter 2. Posing Questions (or Picking an Approach)

Chapter 3. Using Experiments to Test Hypotheses

Chapter 4. Analyzing Experimental Data

Chapter 5. Using Surveys to Explore Patterns

Chapter 6. Building Your Indoor Skills

Chapter 7. Working with People and Getting a Job in Ecology

Chapter 8. Communicating What You Find

Chapter 9. Conclusions

Acknowledgments

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-176) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-691-12576-7

1-78402-920-3

1-4008-5126-2

OCLC:

879550835