Description
Book Synopsis* In a concise, engaging style, this text outlines the essential principles of ecology from the theoretical fundamentals to their practical applications. * Full color artwork, simple pedagogical features, and a wide range of carefully-chosen examples make this book an ideal introduction to ecology for students at all levels.
Table of ContentsPart I Introduction
1 Ecology and how to do it
2 Ecology’s evolutionary backdrop
Part II Conditions and Resources
3 Physical conditions and the availability of resources
4 Climate and the world’s biomes
Part III Individuals and Populations, Communities and Ecosystems
5 Birth, death and movement
6 Interspecific competition
7 Predation, grazing and disease
8 Molecular and evolutionary ecology
Part IV Communities and Ecosystems
9 From populations to communities
10 Patterns in species richness
11 The flux of energy and matter through ecosystems
Part V Applied Issues in Ecology
12 Global biogeochemical cycles and their alteration by humans
13 Conservation ecology
14 The ecology of human population growth, disease, and food supply
