CONTENTS 



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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 "OR- 

 DERLY 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 Lrv- 

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