Guide to the study of animal ecology

Name: Guide to the study of animal ecology
Author: Adams, Charles C. (Charles Christopher)

Adams, Charles C. (Charles Christopher)

Animal ecology

A word of explanation is desirable to explain certain features of
this volume. It is the outcome of coöperative work on the part of the
Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History and certain members of
the Ecological Survey Committee of the Illinois Academy of Science,
Professors E. N. Transeau and T. L. Hankinson. A local ecological study
was made, as a piece of coöperative work, and directions for study
were to be an introductory section of my part of this report. But as
this part grew on my hands, with the permission of Professor S. A.
Forbes, Director of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, I
decided to publish it separately. This part was written two years and
a half ago, and when separate publication was decided upon, additional
references to the literature were added to bring it to date. These
circumstances explain the emphasis placed upon ecological surveying and
also the brevity of treatment of other aspects.

Further, I am indebted to Professor Forbes for reading the manuscript
and for valuable criticisms, and likewise, for similar assistance, to
my wife, Alice Norton Adams. Skillful help on the proof and index has
been given by Miss Marion E. Sparks.

                                                       CHARLES C. ADAMS.

  URBANA, ILL., U.S.A.,
  June 9, 1913.




                               CONTENTS


                                                                    PAGE

PREFACE                                                                v

CHAPTER

I. AIM, CONTENT, AND POINT OF VIEW                                     1

II. THE VALUE AND METHOD OF ECOLOGICAL SURVEYS                        23

III. FIELD STUDY                                                      36

IV. THE COLLECTION, PRESERVATION, AND DETERMINATION OF SPECIMENS      49

V. REFERENCES TO SCIENTIFIC TECHNIQUE                                 55

     1. The Scientific Method                                         55

     2. Directions for Collecting and Preserving Specimens,
        Photographing, Surveying, and Other Phases
            of Technique                                              57

     3. The Preparation of Papers for Publication and
            on Proof Reading                                          65

VI. REFERENCES TO IMPORTANT SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON THE LIFE HISTORIES
AND HABITS OF INSECTS AND ALLIED INVERTEBRATES                        70

VII. THE LAWS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, OR THE “ORDERLY SEQUENCE OF
EXTERNAL NATURE.”(THE DYNAMIC OR PROCESS RELATIONS OF THE
ENVIRONMENT)                                                          79

VIII. THE LAWS OF ORDERLY SEQUENCE OF METABOLISM, GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT,
PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS, AND BEHAVIOR, OR “THE LIVING ORGANISM AND THE
CHANGES WHICH TAKE PLACE IN IT.” (THE DYNAMIC OR PROCESS RELATIONS OF
THE ANIMAL)                                                           92

      1. General Physiology and Development                           95

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