Ecological Census Techniques 2ed: A Handbook

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Cambridge University PressEdition: 2, 8/3/2006EAN 9780521606363, ISBN10: 0521606365Paperback, 450 pages, 24.6 x 18.9 x 2.6 cmLanguage: EnglishThis 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.Preface1. Planning a research programme William J. Sutherland2. Principles of sampling Jeremy J. D. Greenwood and Robert A. Robinson3. General census methods Jeremy J. D. Greenwood and Robert A. Robinson4. Plants James M. Bullock5. Invertebrates Malcolm Ausden and Martin Drake6. Fish Isabelle M. Côté and Martin R. Perrow7. Amphibians Tim R. Halliday8. Reptiles Simon Blomberg and Richard Shine9. Birds David W. Gibbons and Richard D. Gregory10. Mammals Charles Krebs11. Environmental variables Jacquelyn C. Jones, John D. Reynolds and Dave Raffaelli12. The twenty commonest censusing sins William J. SutherlandIndex.Praise for the first edition: 'There are too few books like this that help students to see the broad picture of census methods and yet warn them of the censusing sins listed in the last chapter of the book ... This book will assist university lecturers in teaching the methods essential to developing reliable databases for conservation and management, and for testing ecological theory.' Charles J. Krebs, Trends in Ecology and Evolution Show more