| View Larger Image | How to Do Ecology: A Concise Handbook | Paperbackby Richard Karban (Author), Mikaela Huntzinger (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Princeton University Press | | Page Count: | 145 Pages | | Publication Date: | July 31, 2006 | | Sales Rank: | 454,352th |
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Product Description
Most ecology books and courses focus on the facts and the concepts. While these are essential, many young ecologists need to figure out how to actually do research themselves. How to Do Ecology provides nuts-and-bolts advice on how to develop a successful thesis and research program. This book 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.Science is only part of being a successful ecologist. This engagingly written book offers students advice on working with other people and navigating their way through the land mines of research. Findings that don't get communicated are of little value. How to Do Ecology suggests effective ways to communicate information in the form of journal articles, oral presentations, and posters. Finally, it outlines strategies for developing successful grant and research proposals. Numerous checklists, figures, and boxes throughout the book summarize and reinforce the main points. In short, this book makes explicit many of the unspoken assumptions behind doing good research in ecology, and provides an invaluable resource for meaningful conversations among ecologists. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 7 reviews)
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Terrible by Matthew Talluto  1 Stars
October 16, 2009
Concise indeed. This book is so oversimplified that it is neither helpful or accurate. We do not get nuanced analyses of contemporary issues in ecological methods. We get no clear guide to the diversity of opinions regarding how to approach ecology as a career and a discipline. Instead, as the title implies, we get a single approach, formed entirely from the authors' opinions. Even with such a simplistic framework, we still get no nuance, no detail, no interesting discussion. Furthermore, the authors' knowledge is somewhat questionable. For example, at one point they refer to Path Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling (never by name, mind you - that would be much too advanced) as brand new but controversial tools. The problem is that they are neither; both got their start among economists in the 1920's.
This book might be useful for a high school student. Or for a high school teacher who wants to delve into experimental ecology with his class. But for a serious professional researcher, even one who is beginning as a grad student? Only if you have no interest in appreciating the richness of approaches that makes ecology a unique discipline.
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Very handy by Thomas  5 Stars
December 24, 2008
This book is a great introduction to do ecology, it is full of good advices that for sure will make a difference in my first research projects. It is very easy to read and even funny sometimes. I read it in just two days, but most probably I'll back to it many times in the next couple of years while doing my research projects.
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How to do ecology by Peter J. Berney  4 Stars
June 01, 2008
How to do ecology is a very readable book. It covers the essential elements of the task of conducting ecological research. Its major strength is that it puts the process into perspective. The chance of success and failure in research is discussed and it is reassuring to new researchers to hear that things don't always work. It also discusses where to place your time and effort amongst the many competing demands of a graduate or new career researcher. The book provides some very useful guidelines on how to analyse data and begin to transform analysed data into a paper or conference oral presentation. It serves its intended purpose very well and I would recommend it especially to graduate research students.
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Great Book, Great Condition by Matthew A. Whalen (Williamsburg, VA) 5 Stars
April 27, 2008
This book is fantastic for people who want to know about doing ecology well. The book came in brand new condition. Great Buy
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Essential Reading for Biology Grad Students by Michelle (Santa Rosa, CA) 5 Stars
December 15, 2007
I found it in the university library and spent a whole afternoon reading it! I was waiting for some books to come from the auto-stacks and found it on the new book display shelf by the circulation desk. It was great luck! There is so much valuable information taking notes was not enough so I ordered it! This is a concise and well-written guide for biology graduate students and even those who have experience in the field. It certainly would improve the level of presentations... I have endured some wretched ones too. My area of work is environmental toxicology studying the effect of endocrine disruptors in a wetland. It is so easy to get lost in the details. I can be too much of a perfectionist and this book already has helped me narrow my focus. Normally, I would have spent weeks working through my perfectionism to arrive at a realistic approach. Enough said.
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