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How to Do Ecology: A Concise Handbook - Second Edition
Richard Karban
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Description for How to Do Ecology: A Concise Handbook - Second Edition
Paperback. Provides nuts-and-bolts advice on organizing and conducting a successful research program. This book explains how to choose a research question and answer it through manipulative experiments and systematic observations. It includes ideas to help you identify your goals, organize a season of fieldwork, and deal with negative results. Num Pages: 200 pages, 8 line illus. BIC Classification: PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 127 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 222.
Most books and courses in ecology cover facts and concepts but don't explain how to actually do ecological research. How to Do Ecology provides nuts-and-bolts advice on organizing and conducting a successful research program. This one-of-a-kind book explains how to choose a research question and answer it through manipulative experiments and systematic observations. Because science is a social endeavor, the book provides strategies for working with other people, including professors and collaborators. It suggests effective ways to communicate your findings in the form of journal articles, oral presentations, posters, and grant and research proposals. The book also includes ideas to ... Read more
Most books and courses in ecology cover facts and concepts but don't explain how to actually do ecological research. How to Do Ecology provides nuts-and-bolts advice on organizing and conducting a successful research program. This one-of-a-kind book explains how to choose a research question and answer it through manipulative experiments and systematic observations. Because science is a social endeavor, the book provides strategies for working with other people, including professors and collaborators. It suggests effective ways to communicate your findings in the form of journal articles, oral presentations, posters, and grant and research proposals. The book also includes ideas to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
221g
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691161761
SKU
V9780691161761
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99-14
About Richard Karban
Richard Karban is professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis. He is the coauthor of Induced Responses to Herbivory. Mikaela Huntzinger is assistant director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at the University of California, Davis. Ian S. Pearse is a postdoctoral associate at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology at Cornell University.
Reviews for How to Do Ecology: A Concise Handbook - Second Edition
Praise for the previous edition: "[A] refreshing, concise work aimed primarily at those contemplating or performing ecological research studies. The authors' approach will be equally beneficial to those in various other areas of study... Highly recommended."
Choice Praise for the previous edition: "This book is a wealth of information for beginning professionals."
Erika V. Iyengar, American Biology Teacher Praise for the previous ... Read more
Choice Praise for the previous edition: "This book is a wealth of information for beginning professionals."
Erika V. Iyengar, American Biology Teacher Praise for the previous ... Read more