Ecological census techniques : a handbook

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Title:

Ecological census techniques : a handbook

Author:

Sutherland, William J.

ISBN:

9780521844628

9780521606363

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication Information:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Physical Description:

xv, 432 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

General Note:

Previous ed.: 1996.

Contents:

1. Planning a research programme/ William Sutheralnd -- 2. Principles of sampling/ Jeremy Greenwood and Robert Robinson -- 3. General census methods/ Jeremy Greenwood and Robert Robinson -- 4. Plants/ James Bullock -- 5. Invertebrates/ Malcolm Ausden and Martin Drake -- 6. Fish/ Isabelle Côté and Martin Perrow -- 7. Amphibians/ Tim Halliday -- 8. Reptiles/ Simon Blomberg and Richard Shine -- 9. Birds/ David Gibbons and Richard Gregory -- 10. Mammals/ Charles Krebs -- 11. Environmental variables/ Jacquelyn Jones, John Reynolds and Dave Raffaelli -- 12. The twenty commonest censusing sins/ William Sutherland.

Subject Term:

Ecological surveys -- Methodology.

Animal populations -- Statistics.

Plant populations -- Statistics.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Added Author:

Sutherland, William J.

Added Corporate Author:

Ebooks Corporation.

Electronic Access:

Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0703/2006286088-d.html
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0703/2006286088-t.html
Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0733/2006286088-b.html

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Summary

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.