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Experimental ecology: issues and perspectives/ edited by William J. Resetarits and Joseph Bernardo

Contributor(s): Resetarits, William J., ed | Bernardo, Joseph, edMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New York: Oxford University Press, 1998Description: xvii, 470 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780195102413Subject(s): Experimental ecology | EcologyDDC classification: 574.5

Contents:

Ecological experiments and a research program in community ecology / Earl E. Werner -- Ecological experiments: scale, phenomenology, mechanism, and the illusion of generality / Arthur E. Dunham and Steven J. Beaupre -- Realism, precision, and generality in experimental ecology / Peter J. Morin -- The desert granivory experiments at Portal / James H. Brown -- Experimental compromise and mechanistic approaches to the evolutionary ecology of interacting Daphnia species / Mathew A. Leibold & Alan J. Tessier -- Experimentation, observation, and interference in river and watershed investigations / Mary E. Power, William E. Dietrich, & Kathleen O. Sullivan -- From cattle tanks to Carolina bays: the utility of model systems for understanding natural communities / William J. Resetarits, Jr. & John E. Fauth -- Have field experiments aided in the understanding of abundance and dynamics of temperate reef fishes? / Sally J. Holbrook & Russell J. Schmitt -- Ecological experiments with model systems: the Ecotron facility in context / John H. Lawton -- How can we compare the importance of ecological processes if we never ask, "compared to what?" / Peter S. Petraitis -- Insights and application of large-scale, long-term ecological observations and experiments / David M. Lodge, Steven C. Blumenshine, & Yvonne Vadeboncoeur -- Ecology in a bottle: using microcosms to test theory / Sharon P. Lawler -- The interplay between natural history and field experimentation / Gary A. Polis [and others] -- Using models to enhance the value of information from observations and experiments / Elizabeth A. Marschall & Bernadette M. Roche -- Experimental approaches to studying the population dynamics and evolution of microorganisms / J.A. Mongold -- The dual role of experiments in complex and dynamic natural systems / Barbara L. Peckarsky -- Design, implementation and analysis of ecological and environmental experiments: pitfalls in the maintenance of logical structures / A.J. Underwood -- The motivation for and context of experiments in ecology / J. Timothy Wootton and Catherine A. Pfister -- The logic, value, and necessity of grounding experiments in reality: an essential link in the inferential chain back to nature / Joseph Bernardo -- Investigating geographic variation in interactions using common garden experiments / John E. Fauth -- Revelations and limitations of the experimental approach for the study of plant-animal interactions / Robert J. Marquis and Christopher J. Whelan -- Experimental approaches to the study of evolution / Joseph Travis and David N. Reznick.

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General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	574.5 RES/E (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P03410

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Ecological experiments and a research program in community ecology / Earl E. Werner --
Ecological experiments: scale, phenomenology, mechanism, and the illusion of generality / Arthur E. Dunham and Steven J. Beaupre --
Realism, precision, and generality in experimental ecology / Peter J. Morin --
The desert granivory experiments at Portal / James H. Brown --
Experimental compromise and mechanistic approaches to the evolutionary ecology of interacting Daphnia species / Mathew A. Leibold & Alan J. Tessier --
Experimentation, observation, and interference in river and watershed investigations / Mary E. Power, William E. Dietrich, & Kathleen O. Sullivan --
From cattle tanks to Carolina bays: the utility of model systems for understanding natural communities / William J. Resetarits, Jr. & John E. Fauth --
Have field experiments aided in the understanding of abundance and dynamics of temperate reef fishes? / Sally J. Holbrook & Russell J. Schmitt --
Ecological experiments with model systems: the Ecotron facility in context / John H. Lawton --
How can we compare the importance of ecological processes if we never ask, "compared to what?" / Peter S. Petraitis --
Insights and application of large-scale, long-term ecological observations and experiments / David M. Lodge, Steven C. Blumenshine, & Yvonne Vadeboncoeur --
Ecology in a bottle: using microcosms to test theory / Sharon P. Lawler --
The interplay between natural history and field experimentation / Gary A. Polis [and others] --
Using models to enhance the value of information from observations and experiments / Elizabeth A. Marschall & Bernadette M. Roche --
Experimental approaches to studying the population dynamics and evolution of microorganisms / J.A. Mongold --
The dual role of experiments in complex and dynamic natural systems / Barbara L. Peckarsky --
Design, implementation and analysis of ecological and environmental experiments: pitfalls in the maintenance of logical structures / A.J. Underwood --
The motivation for and context of experiments in ecology / J. Timothy Wootton and Catherine A. Pfister --
The logic, value, and necessity of grounding experiments in reality: an essential link in the inferential chain back to nature / Joseph Bernardo --
Investigating geographic variation in interactions using common garden experiments / John E. Fauth --
Revelations and limitations of the experimental approach for the study of plant-animal interactions / Robert J. Marquis and Christopher J. Whelan --
Experimental approaches to the study of evolution / Joseph Travis and David N. Reznick.

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