Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vii
4. Tables xi
5. Preface xv
6. Acknowledgments xvii
7. Introduction xix
8. Section I. Evolutionary Biology
9. 1. Evolution and Pesticide Resistance: Examining Quantitative Trends Visually 3
10. 2. Lizard Ecomorphology: Generating and Testing Hypotheses of Adaptation 12
11. 3. Phylogenetic Inference: Examining Morphological and Molecular Datasets 22
12. 4. Life History Tradeoffs in Avian Clutch Size: Interpreting Life History Data and Evaluating Alternative Hypotheses 36
13. 5. Mimicry: Experimental Design and Scientific Logic 51
14. Section II. Demography and Population Ecology
15. 6. Life Table Analysis 63
16. 7. Lotka-Volterra Competition Modeling 69
17. 8. Explosive Population Growth and Invasive Exotic Species 79
18. 9. Island Biogeography: Evaluating Correlational Data and Testing Alternative Hypotheses 91
19. Section III. Population Genetics
20. 10. Hardy-Weinberg: Evaluating Disequilibrium Forces 107
21. 11. Drift, Demographic Stochasticity, and Extinction in Woggles 117
22. 12. Conservation of Small Populations: Effective Population Sizes, Inbreeding, and the 50/500 Rule 125
23. 13. Dispersal and Metapopulation Structure 139
24. Section IV. Quantitative Ecological Tools
25. 14. Understanding Descriptive Statistics 155
26. 15. Understanding Statistical Inference 179
27. 16. Sampling Wild Populations 189
28. 17. Quantifying Biodiversity 198
29. 18. Environmental Predictability and Life History 214
30. 19. Modeling Optimal Foraging 226
31. Section V. Synthetic Exercises and Writing Assignments
32. 20. Evaluating Competing Hypotheses of Regional Biodiversity 235
33. 21. Preparing and Evaluating Competitive Grant Proposals for Conservation Funding 239
34. 22. Tracing the History of Scientific Ideas: From Darwin, Connell, or Soule to the Present 245
35. Glossary 251
36. Contributors 263
37. Index 265