Ecology: Concepts and Applications : Concepts and Applications -- Paperback （6 Rev ed）

Molles, Manuel C

Mcgraw-hill Education - Europe（2012/02発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版
• 商品コード 9780071317894

Full Description

This introductory general ecology text features a strong emphasis on helping students grasp the main concepts of ecology while keeping the presentation more applied than theoretical. An evolutionary perspective forms the foundation of the entire discussion. The book begins with the natural history of the planet, considers portions of the whole in the middle chapters, and ends with another perspective of the entire planet in the concluding chapter. Its unique organization of focusing only on several key concepts in each chapter sets it apart from the competition.

Contents

1 Introduction to EcologyFrontiersSection I Natural History and Evolution2 Life on Land3 Life and Water4 Population Genetics and Natural SelectionSection II Adaptations to the Environment5 Temperature Relations6 Water Relations7 Energy and Nutrient Relations8 Social RelationsSection III Population Ecology9 Population Distribution and Abundance10 Population Dynamics11 Population Growth12 Life HistoriesSection IV Interactions13 Competition14 Exploitative Interactions: Predation, Herbivory, Parasitism, and Disease15 MutualismSection V Communities and Ecosystems16 Species Abundance and Diversity17 Species Interactions and Community Structure18 Primary Production and Energy Flow19 Nutrient Cycling and Retention20 Succession and StabilitySection VI Large-Scale Ecology21 Landscape Ecology22 Geographic Ecology23 Global Ecology