Ecological Methods: With Particular Reference to the Study of Insect Populations

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Introduction to the Study of Animal Populations....Pages 1-6
The Sampling Programme and the Measurement and Description of Dispersion....Pages 7-69
Absolute Population Estimates using Marking Techniques....Pages 70-129
Absolute Population Estimates by Sampling a Unit of Habitat — Air, Plants, Plant Products and Vertebrate Hosts....Pages 130-169
Absolute Population Estimates by Sampling a Unit of Habitat — Soil and Litter....Pages 170-201
Absolute Population Estimates by Sampling a Unit of Habitat — Freshwater Habitats....Pages 202-222
Relative Methods of Population Measurement and the Derivation of Absolute Estimates....Pages 223-287
Estimates based on Products and Effects of Insects....Pages 288-301
Observational and Experimental Methods for the Estimation of Natality, Mortality and Dispersal....Pages 302-355
The Construction, Description and Analysis of Age-specific Life-tables....Pages 356-387
Age-grouping of Insects, Time-specific Life-tables and Predictive Population Models....Pages 388-406
Systems Analysis and Modelling in Ecology....Pages 407-419
Diversity, Species Packing and Habitat Description....Pages 420-455
The Estimation of Productivity and the Construction of Energy Budgets....Pages 456-490
Back Matter....Pages 491-524