Ecological Experiments: Purpose, Design and Execution

Preface Acknowledgments 1. Ecological problems and how they are approached 2. Minimal requirements of experimental design in ecology 3. Trade-offs in ecological experimentation 4. Experiments in forests 5. Experiments in terrestrial successional communities 6. Experiments in arid environments 7. Experiments in fresh water 8. Experiments in marine environments 9. Conclusions to be drawn from field experiments References Name index Subject index.