Experimental ecology : issues and perspectives
Experimentation is now a dominant approach in ecology, pervading studies at all levels of biological organization and across diverse taxa and habitats. In Experimental Ecology, eminent ecologists synthesize insights from these varied sources into a cogent statement about the role of experiments in ecology. The authors use perspectives derived from experimental approaches ranging from laboratory microcosms to manipulation of entire ecosystems to illustrate the many ways experiments strengthen ecological inferences. They also critique current practices to move ecology forward on all fronts: from better designs, to better links between experiments and theory, to more realism in experiments targeted at specific systems and questions
Aufsatzsammlung
xvii, 470 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780195102413, 9780195150421, 019510241X, 0195150422
36847741
Ecological experiments and a research program in community ecology / Earl E. Werner
Ecological experiments: scale, phenomenology, mechanism, and the illusion of generality / Arthur E. Dunham and Steven J. Beaupre
Realism, precision, and generality in experimental ecology / Peter J. Morin
The desert granivory experiments at Portal / James H. Brown
Experimental compromise and mechanistic approaches to the evolutionary ecology of interacting Daphnia species / Mathew A. Leibold & Alan J. Tessier
Experimentation, observation, and interference in river and watershed investigations / Mary E. Power, William E. Dietrich, & Kathleen O. Sullivan
From cattle tanks to Carolina bays: the utility of model systems for understanding natural communities / William J. Resetarits, Jr. & John E. Fauth
Have field experiments aided in the understanding of abundance and dynamics of temperate reef fishes? / Sally J. Holbrook & Russell J. Schmitt
Ecological experiments with model systems: the Ecotron facility in context / John H. Lawton
How can we compare the importance of ecological processes if we never ask, "compared to what?" / Peter S. Petraitis
Insights and application of large-scale, long-term ecological observations and experiments / David M. Lodge, Steven C. Blumenshine, & Yvonne Vadeboncoeur
Ecology in a bottle: using microcosms to test theory / Sharon P. Lawler
The interplay between natural history and field experimentation / Gary A. Polis [and others]
Using models to enhance the value of information from observations and experiments / Elizabeth A. Marschall & Bernadette M. Roche
Experimental approaches to studying the population dynamics and evolution of microorganisms / J.A. Mongold
The dual role of experiments in complex and dynamic natural systems / Barbara L. Peckarsky
Design, implementation and analysis of ecological and environmental experiments: pitfalls in the maintenance of logical structures / A.J. Underwood
The motivation for and context of experiments in ecology / J. Timothy Wootton and Catherine A. Pfister
The logic, value, and necessity of grounding experiments in reality: an essential link in the inferential chain back to nature / Joseph Bernardo
Investigating geographic variation in interactions using common garden experiments / John E. Fauth
Revelations and limitations of the experimental approach for the study of plant-animal interactions / Robert J. Marquis and Christopher J. Whelan
Experimental approaches to the study of evolution / Joseph Travis and David N. Reznick