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Ecological Methods

With Particular Reference to the Study of Insect Populations

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  • © 1978

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  1. T. R. E. Southwood

    1. University of Oxford, UK

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Introduction to the Study of Animal Populations

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    Pages 1-6

  3. The Sampling Programme and the Measurement and Description of Dispersion

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    Pages 7-69

  4. Absolute Population Estimates using Marking Techniques

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    Pages 70-129

  5. Absolute Population Estimates by Sampling a Unit of Habitat — Air, Plants, Plant Products and Vertebrate Hosts

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    Pages 130-169

  6. Absolute Population Estimates by Sampling a Unit of Habitat — Soil and Litter

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    Pages 170-201

  7. Absolute Population Estimates by Sampling a Unit of Habitat — Freshwater Habitats

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    Pages 202-222

  8. Relative Methods of Population Measurement and the Derivation of Absolute Estimates

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    Pages 223-287

  9. Estimates based on Products and Effects of Insects

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    Pages 288-301

  10. Observational and Experimental Methods for the Estimation of Natality, Mortality and Dispersal

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    Pages 302-355

  11. The Construction, Description and Analysis of Age-specific Life-tables

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    Pages 356-387

  12. Age-grouping of Insects, Time-specific Life-tables and Predictive Population Models

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    Pages 388-406

  13. Systems Analysis and Modelling in Ecology

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    Pages 407-419

  14. Diversity, Species Packing and Habitat Description

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    Pages 420-455

  15. The Estimation of Productivity and the Construction of Energy Budgets

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    Pages 456-490

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 491-524
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the virtual impossibility of extracting the many different species from a habitat with equal efficiency by a single method (e.g. Nef, 1960). 1.1 Population estimates Population estimates can be classified into a number of different types; the most convenient classification is that adopted by Morris (1955), although he used the terms somewhat differently in a later paper (1960). 1.1.1 Absolute and related estimates The animal numbers may be expressed as a density per unit area of the ground of the habitat. Such estimates are given by nearest neighbour and related techniques (Chapter 2), marking and recapture (Chapter 3), by sampling a known fraction of the habitat (Chapter 4-6) and by removal sampling and random walk techniques (Chapter 7). Absolute population The number of animals per unit area (e.g. hectare, acre). It is almost impossible to construct a budget or to study mortality factors without the conversion of population estimates to absolute figures, for not only do insects often move from the plant to the soil at different developmental stages, but the amount of plant material is itself always changing. The importance of obtaining absolute estimates cannot be overemphasized.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Oxford, UK

    T. R. E. Southwood

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ecological Methods

  • Book Subtitle: With Particular Reference to the Study of Insect Populations

  • Authors: T. R. E. Southwood

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1225-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: T. R. E. Southwood 1978

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-412-30710-2Published: 31 October 1987

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-1225-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: 548

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Ecology, Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Statistics, general

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