Guide to the study of animal ecology

by Charles C. Adams

Certain chapters are of special interest.

Cramer, F.

1896. The Method of Darwin. A Study in Scientific Method, pp. 232. Chicago.

MacDougal, Robt.

1905. On the Discrimination of Critical and Creative Attitudes. Jour. Philos. Psy. and Sci. Methods, Vol. II, pp. 287-293.

Lebon, G.

1898. The Life History of Scientific Ideas. Pop. Sci. Mo., Vol. LII, pp. 251-254.

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

There is such an abundance of literature on the technique of collecting and preserving specimens, and so much of it can easily be secured by any earnest student, that space will not be taken to discuss these subjects in detail. Reference will simply be made to the main convenient sources of information. It should perhaps be mentioned that very few of these papers have been especially prepared from the standpoint of the animal ecologist. The student must select and devise his methods from all available sources.

I have included in this list a few references on the subject of camping, photography, and the use of instruments needed in the determination of the physical features of the environment. A few miscellaneous papers which are suggestive on methods of technique are also added.