An introduction to methods & models in ecology, evolution, & conservation biology / Stanton Braude & Bobbi S. Low, editors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sect. I. Evolutionary Biology -- 1. Evolution and Pesticide Resistance: Examining Quantitative Trends Visually / Stanton Braude and John Gaskin -- 2. Lizard Ecomorphology: Generating and Testing Hypotheses of Adaptation / Kenneth H. Kozak -- 3. Phylogenetic Inference: Examining Morphological and Molecular Datasets / James Beck -- 4. Life History Tradeoffs in Avian Clutch Size: Interpreting Life History Data and Evaluating Alternative Hypotheses / Jon Hess -- 5. Mimicry: Experimental Design and Scientific Logic / James Robertson -- Sect. II. Demography and Population Ecology -- 6. Life Table Analysis / Stanton Braude -- 7. Lotka-Volterra Competition Modeling / Stanton Braude, Tara Scherer and Rebecca McGaha -- 8. Explosive Population Growth and Invasive Exotic Species / Jon Hess and James Robertson -- 9. Island Biogeography: Evaluating Correlational Data and Testing Alternative Hypotheses / James Robertson -- Sect. III. Population Genetics -- 10. Hardy-Weinberg: Evaluating Disequilibrium Forces / Jason J. Kolbe -- 11. Drift, Demographic Stochasticity, and Extinction in Woggles / James Robertson, Anton Weisstein and Stanton Braude -- 12. Conservation of Small Populations: Effective Population Sizes, Inbreeding, and the 50/500 Rule / Luke J. Harmon and Stanton Braude -- 13. Dispersal and Metapopulation Structure / James Robertson -- Sect. IV. Quantitative Ecological Tools -- 14. Understanding Descriptive Statistics / Beth Sparks-Jackson and Emily Silverman -- 15. Understanding Statistical Inference / Emily Silverman and Beth Sparks-Jackson -- 16. Sampling Wild Populations / Stanton Braude and James Robertson -- 17. Quantifying Biodiversity / Cawas Behram Engineer and Stanton Braude -- 18. Environmental Predictability and Life History / Bobbi S. Low and Stanton Braude -- 19. Modeling Optimal Foraging / Stanton Braude and James Robertson -- Sect. V. Synthetic Exercises and Writing Assignments -- 20. Evaluating Competing Hypotheses of Regional Biodiversity / Stanton Braude -- 21. Preparing and Evaluating Competitive Grant Proposals for Conservation Funding / Stanton Braude -- 22. Tracing the History of Scientific Ideas: From Darwin, Connell, or Soule to the Present / Bobbi S. Low.

"This textbook examines 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"--NHBS Bookstore.