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Figures vii Tables xi Preface xv Acknowledgments xvii Introductionxix Section I: E volutionary Biology Chapter 1: Evolution andPesticide Resistance: Examining Quantitative Trends Visually by StantonBraude and John Gaskin 3 Chapter 2: Lizard Ecomorphology: Generating andTesting Hypotheses of Adaptation by Kenneth H. Kozak 12 Chapter 3:Phylogenetic Inference: Examining Morphological and Molecular Datasets byJames Beck 22 Chapter 4: Life History Tradeoffs in Avian Clutch Size:Interpreting Life History Data and Evaluating Alternative Hypotheses by JonHess 36 Chapter 5: Mimicry: Experimental Design and Scientific Logic byJames Robertson 51 Section II: D emography and Population EcologyChapter 6: Life Table Analysis by Stanton Braude 63 Chapter 7:Lotka-Volterra Competition Modeling by Stanton Braude, Tara Scherer, andRebecca McGaha 69 Chapter 8: Explosive Population Growth and Invasive ExoticSpecies by Jon Hess and James Robertson 79 Chapter 9: Island Biogeography:Evaluating Correlational Data and Testing Alternative Hypotheses by JamesRobertson 91 Section III: Population Genetics Chapter 10:Hardy-Weinberg: Evaluating Disequilibrium Forces by Jason J. Kolbe 107Chapter 11: Drift, Demographic Stochasticity, and Extinction in Woggles byJames Robertson, Anton Weisstein, and Stanton Braude 117 Chapter 12:Conservation of Small Populations: Effective Population Sizes, Inbreeding,and the 50/500 Rule by Luke J. Harmon and Stanton Braude 125 Chapter 13:Dispersal and Metapopulation Structure by James Robertson 139 SectionIV: Quantitative Ecological Tools Chapter 14: Understanding DescriptiveStatistics by Beth Sparks-Jackson and Emily Silverman 155 Chapter 15:Understanding Statistical Inference by Emily Silverman and BethSparks-Jackson 179 Chapter 16: Sampling Wild Populations by Stanton Braudeand James Robertson 189 Chapter 17: Quantifying Biodiversity by Cawas BehramEngineer and Stanton Braude 198 Chapter 18: Environmental Predictability andLife History by Bobbi S. Low and Stanton Braude 214 Chapter 19: ModelingOptimal Foraging by Stanton Braude and James Robertson 226 Section V: Synthetic Exercises and Writing Assignments Chapter 20: EvaluatingCompeting Hypotheses of Regional Biodiversity by Stanton Braude 235 Chapter21: Preparing and Evaluating Competitive Grant Proposals for ConservationFunding by Stanton Braude 239 Chapter 22: Tracing the History of ScientificIdeas: From Darwin, Connell, or Soule to the Present by Bobbi S. Low 245Glossary 251 Contributors 263 Index 265