Ecological Experiments: Purpose, Design and Execution

Ecological Experiments stresses the importance to ecology of field experiments, where variables are manipulated in order to collect data on specific hypotheses, as opposed to the more passive observational method. The book begins by introducing a series of ecological questions that can be addressed experimentally for example, what is the significance of competition among species? The minimal requirements of experimental design that must be met are then introduced, together with examples of good and poor experiments from the ecological literature and a consideration of the trade-offs that may be forced on the experimenter by field conditions. All ecologists, and especially students beginning their careers in field study, will find in this text a good introduction to the experimental foundation of ecology.

‘ … when it comes to writing about ecological experimentation Hairston is unbeatable. This is the best ecology book to appear in several years. It is instructional, entertaining and unmatched in the breadth and distinction of its scholarship.’

Michael J. Crawley Source: Nature

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Preface
pp ix-xii

Acknowledgments
pp xiii-xiv

1 - Ecological problems and how they are approached
pp 1-22

2 - Minimal requirements of experimental design in ecology
pp 23-51

3 - Trade-offs in ecological experimentation
pp 52-66

4 - Experiments in forests
pp 67-127

5 - Experiments in terrestrial successional communities
pp 128-169

6 - Experiments in arid environments
pp 170-199

7 - Experiments in fresh water
pp 200-259

8 - Experiments in marine environments
pp 260-315

9 - Conclusions to be drawn from field experiments
pp 316-328

References
pp 329-351

Name index
pp 352-354

Subject index
pp 355-370

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