Böcker av Nelson G. Hairston

Ecological Experiments stresses the importance of field experiments, where variables are manipulated in order to collect data on specific hypotheses, as opposed to the more passive observational method. It introduces a series of ecological questions which can be addressed experimentally and details the minimum requirements of experimental design.

This informative book, first published in 1987, presents the theories of community ecology within the context of a natural example. The text describes and examines issues in community ecology and shows how research on salamanders has helped to solve some of the problems surrounding the theories.