São sugeridas leituras específicas, referentes a alguns temas a serem tratados na disciplina. A maioria dos textos indicados pode ser consultada via internet. Alguns encontram-se disponíveis apenas na área da displina.

Tema 1. Confecção de relatórios e apresentação de seminários: os textos abaixo são curtos e devem ser lidos antes da confecção dos relatórios e apresentação dos seminários.
- Armstrong, J.E. & Collier, G.E. Science in biology: an introduction. Chapter 1: Science, biology, and non-majors.
- Brower, J.E. & Zar, J.H. (1984) Texto adaptado do livro Field and laboratory methods for general ecology. 2nd ed. W.C. Brown, Dubuque. 8 p. Guia para elaboração de relatórios.
- Chamberlin, T.C. The Method of multiple working hypotheses.
- Gendron, R. Plagiarism: academic dishonesty and its consequences.
- Gotelli, N. Texto usado na disciplina Community Ecology (Biology 264). Spring 2003. The University of Vermont. 1 p. Critical thinking about scientific literature.
- Hedrick, P. 2000. Ten generic seminar questions. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 81: 291-292.
- Railsback, L.B. Some comments on writing and editing (the latter is as important as the former).
- Railsback, L.B. Some thoughts on writing a scientific paper or thesis.
- Railsback, L.B. T.C. Chamberlin's method of multiple working hypotheses: an encapsulation for modern students.
- Railsback, L.B. What is science.

Metodologia Científica:
- Gotlieb, S. What is science?
- Wolfs, F. Introduction to the Scientific Method.
- PageWise, Inc. The Scientific Research Method.

Tema 2. Histórico da Ecologia.
- Nicolson, M. & McIntosh, R.P. 2002. H.A. Gleason and the individualistic hypothesis revisited. BES 83: 133-142.
Série de trabalhos publicados por F.N. Egerton, entitulados "A History of the Ecological Sciences", no Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America (BES).
- Part 1: Early sciences: early Greek origins. 2001. BES 82: 93-97.
- Part 2: Aristotle and Theophrastos. 2001. BES 82: 149-152.
- Part 3: Hellenistic natural history. 2001. BES 82: 201-205.
- Part 4: Roman natural history. 2001. BES 82: 243-246.
- Part 5: Byzantine natural history. 2002. BES 83: 89-94.
- Part 6: Arabic language science - origins and zoological writings. 2002. BES 83: 142-146.
- Part 7: Arabic language science: Botany, Geography, and Decline. 2002. BES 83: 261-266.
- Part 8: Frederick II of Hohenstaufen: amateur avian ecologist and behaviorist. 2003. BES 84: 40-44.
- Part 9: Albertus Magnus: a scholastic naturalist. 2003. BES 84: 87-91.
- Part 10: Botany during the Italian Renaissance and beginnings of the Scientific Revolution. 2003. BES 84: 130-137.
- Part 11: Emergence of Vertebrate Zoology During the 1500s. 2003. BES 84: 206-212.
- Part 12: Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology during the 1500s. 2004. BES 85: 27-31.
- Part 13: Broadening Science in Italy and England, 1600–1650. 2004. BES 85: 110-119.
- Part 14: Plant Growth Studies in the 1600s. 2004. BES 85: 208-213.
- Part 15: The Precocious Origins of Human and Animal Demography and Statistics in the 1600s. 2005. BES 86: 32-38.
- Part 16: Robert Hooke and the Royal Society of London. 2005. BES 86: 93-101.
- Part 17: Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology During the 1600s. 2005. BES 86: 133-144.

Tema 3. Fitogeografia do Brasil.
- Joly, C.A., Aidar, M.P.M., Klink, C.A., McGrath, D.G., Moreira, A.G., Moutinho, P., Nepstad, D.C., Oliveira, A.A., Pott, A., Rodal, M.J.N. & Sampaio, E.V.S.B. 1999. Evolution of the Brazilian phytogeography classification systems: implications for biodiversity consercation. Ciência e Cultura 51 (5/6): 331-348.

Tema 4. Amostragem.
- Acharya, B., Bhattarai, G., de Gier, A.& Stein, A.. 2000. Systematic adaptive cluster sampling for the assessment of rare tree species in Nepal. Forest Ecology and Management 137: 65-73.
- Alexander, H.M., Slade, N.A. & Kettle, W.D. 1997. Application of mark-recapture models to estimation of the population size of plants. Ecology 78: 1230-1237.
- Boyer, J.F. 1999. Quadrat sampling: a computer-generated laboratory exercise. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 80: 181-182.
- Cochran, W.G. Pesquisa por Amostragem. Tradução e adaptação de texto clássico.
- Easton, V.J. & McColl, J.H. Statistics glossary: Sampling.
- Farias, C.A., Soares, C.P.B., Souza, A.L. & Leite, H.G. 2002. Comparação de métodos de amostragem para análise estrutural de florestas ineqüiâneas. Revista Árvore 26: 541-548.
- Foster, J.R. 2001. Statistical power in forest monitoring. Forest Ecology and Management 151: 211-222.
- Gotelli, N. & Ellison. A Primer of Ecological Statistics. Chapter 1: What is probability? e Chapter 4: Framing and testing hypotheses.
- Jalonen, J., Vanha-Majamaa, I.& Tonteri, T.. 1998. Optimal sample and plot size for inventory of field and ground layer vegetation in a mature Myrtillus-type boreal spruce forest. Annales Botanici Fennici 35: 191-196.
- Portier, K.M. & Arvanitis, L.C. Natural resource sampling.
- SPSS. Conceitos fundamentais. Amostragem probabilística.
- Willott, S.J. 2001. Species accumulation curves and the measure of sampling effort. Journal of Applied Ecology 38: 484-486.
Livros:
- Barros Neto, B., Scarminio, I.S. & Bruns, R.E. 2002. Como fazer experimentos. Editora da UNICAMP, Campinas.
- Brower, J.E. & Zar, J.H. 1977. Field and laboratory methods for general ecology. Wm. C. Brown Publishers, Dubuque.
- Krebs, C.J. 1989. Ecological methodology. Harper & Row, New York.