Ecological Experiments: Purpose, Design and Execution

by Nelson G. Hairston

Book Overview

Ecological Experiments stresses the importance of manipulative field experimentation in ecology as being superior to the observational method. The book begins with a series of ecological questions that can be answered by experiments, such as: what is the importance of competition among scientists? The minimal requirements of experimental design that should be met for satisfactory field experiments are then introduced, and examples of good and poor...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521346924
• ISBN13: 9780521346924
• Release Date: November 1989
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"