Book ID: 90865
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                    
Karban, Richard and Mikaela Huntzinger
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                            
                                                                How to do Ecology. A Concise Handbook. 2006. 10 line drawings. 4 tabs. 128 p. gr8vo. Cloth.
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                    This book providesadvice on how to develop a successful thesis and research program. It presents different approaches to posing testable ecological questions. In particular, it covers the uses, strengths, and limitations of manipulative experiments in ecology. It will help young ecologists consider meaningful treatments, controls, replication, independence, and randomization in experiments, as well as where to do experiments and how to organize a season of work. This book also presents strategies for analyzing natural patterns, the value of alternative hypotheses, and what to do with negative results.