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An Introduction to Methods and Models in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology
Stanton Braude
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Description for An Introduction to Methods and Models in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology
Paperback. Introduces undergraduate students to quantitative models and methods in ecology, behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, and conservation. This title explores the core concepts shared by these related fields using tools and practical skills such as experimental design, generating phylogenies, basic statistical inference, and grant writing. Editor(s): Braude, Stanton; Low, Bobbi S. Num Pages: 312 pages, 72 halftones. 12 line illus. 80 tables. BIC Classification: PSAJ; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 692.
This unique textbook introduces undergraduate students to quantitative models and methods in ecology, behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, and conservation. It explores the core concepts shared by these related fields using tools and practical skills such as experimental design, generating phylogenies, basic statistical inference, and persuasive grant writing. And contributors use examples from their own cutting-edge research, providing diverse views to engage students and broaden their understanding. This is the only textbook on the subject featuring a collaborative "active learning" approach that emphasizes hands-on learning. Every chapter has exercises that enable students to work directly with the material at their own ... Read more
This unique textbook introduces undergraduate students to quantitative models and methods in ecology, behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, and conservation. It explores the core concepts shared by these related fields using tools and practical skills such as experimental design, generating phylogenies, basic statistical inference, and persuasive grant writing. And contributors use examples from their own cutting-edge research, providing diverse views to engage students and broaden their understanding. This is the only textbook on the subject featuring a collaborative "active learning" approach that emphasizes hands-on learning. Every chapter has exercises that enable students to work directly with the material at their own ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
692g
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691127248
SKU
V9780691127248
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Ref
99-1
About Stanton Braude
Stanton Braude is lecturer in biology at Washington University in St. Louis. Bobbi S. Low is professor of resource ecology at the University of Michigan.
Reviews for An Introduction to Methods and Models in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology
"Braude and Low provide a survey of a wide variety of extended exercises in evolutionary biology, population ecology, population genetics, and statistical analysis. Individual chapters can also serve as useful supplement assignments in many introductory biology courses."
Choice "[This book] is for people like me
faculty members who will buy it and then tinker with, modify, adapt, or steal outright the exercises ... Read more
Choice "[This book] is for people like me
faculty members who will buy it and then tinker with, modify, adapt, or steal outright the exercises ... Read more