Sutherland (Hrsg.): Ecological Census Techniques - A Handbook

8/2006 | 2., erweiterte Auflage. | Kart, F:19x24,7 cm, 448 S, 19 Tabellen, 66 Grafiken und Zeichnungen. | WG: Buch | Ein ausführliches Ratgeberhandbuch über die Methoden wissenschaftlicher Erfassung und Bestandsaufnahme des Vorkommens und der Populationen von Pflanzen, Wirbellosen und Wirbeltieren. | This is an updated version of the best selling first edition, Ecological Census Techniques, with updating, some new chapters and authors. Almost all ecological and conservation work involves carrying out a census or survey. This practically focussed book describes how to plan a census, the practical details and shows with worked examples how to analyse the results. The first three chapters describe planning, sampling and the basic theory necessary for carrying out a census. In the subsequent chapters international experts describe the appropriate methods for counting plants, insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds. As many censuses also relate the results to environmental variability, there is a chapter explaining the main methods. Finally, there is a list of the most common mistakes encountered when carrying out a census. Preface; 1. Planning a research programme William J. Sutherland; 2. Principles of sampling Jeremy J. D. Greenwood and Robert A. Robinson; 3. General census methods Jeremy J. D. Greenwood and Robert A. Robinson; 4. Plants James M. Bullock; 5. Invertebrates Malcolm Ausden and Martin Drake; 6. Fish Isabelle M. Côté and Martin R. Perrow; 7. Amphibians Tim R. Halliday; 8. Reptiles Simon Blomberg and Richard Shine; 9. Birds David W. Gibbons and Richard D. Gregory; 10. Mammals Charles Krebs; 11. Environmental variables Jacquelyn C. Jones, John D. Reynolds and Dave Raffaelli; 12. The twenty commonest censusing sins William J. Sutherland; Index. | [E] |