Front Cover; Advances in Ecological Research, Volume 1; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors to Volume 1; Preface; Chapter 1. Soil Arthropod Sampling; I. Introduction; II. Characteristic Sampling Requirements of Some Different Types of Soil Arthropod Survey; III. The Design and Execution of a Survey; IV. A Survey of Available Examination and Separation Processes; V. The Choice of Complete Sampling Systems for Specific Purposes; VI. Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter 2. The Method of Successive Approximation in Descriptive Ecology; I. Introduction

II. The Classification of VegetationIII. The Problem of Pattern; IV. Discussion of the Steps Used in the Phyto-Sociological Examination of Vegetation; V. Systems of Classification and Criteria for Defining Noda; VI. Discussion; Acknowledgement; References; Chapter 3. Energy in Animal Ecology; I. The Relevance of Energy Studies to Ecology; II. Theory of Energy Budgets; III. Entropy and Information in Ecology; IV. Lindeman's Theoretical Formulation; V. Daphnia Energetics; VI. Field Estimates of Efficiency; VII. Conclusions; Acknowledgement; References

Chapter 4. Quantitative Ecology and the Woodland Ecosystem ConceptI. Introduction; II. The Ecosystem Concept; III. Organic Matter Dynamics; IV. Energy Dynamics; V. Water Circulation; VI. Circulation of Chemical Elements; VII. Conclusions; References; Author Index; Subject Index