9780073532509

Peter Stiling, co-author of Biology by Brooker et al., has introduced a new ecology text to the market. The main goal of this latest ecology text is to show how ecology is important in understanding global change. The book's main objective is to teach the basic principles of ecology and to relate these principles to many of the Earth's ecological problems.

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1 An Introduction to Ecology
2 Populations Genetics
3 Natural Selection, Speciation and Extinction
4 Behavioral Ecology
5 Temperature
6 Water
7 Nutrients
8 Demographic Techniques and Population Patterns
9 Life Tables and Demography
10 Population Growth
11 Competition and Coexistence
12 Facilitation
13 Predation
14 Herbivory
15 Parasitism
16 Population Regulation
17 Species Diversity
18 Species Richness Patterns
19 Species Richness and Community Services
20 Succession
21 Island Biogeography
22 Terrestrial Biomes
23 Marine Biomes
24 Freshwater Biomes
25 Food Webs and Energy Flow
26 Biomass Production
27 Biogeochemical Cycles

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Ecology: Global Insights and Investigations

Ecology: Global Insights and Investigations

0073532509

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Table of Contents

2 Populations Genetics

3 Natural Selection, Speciation and Extinction

4 Behavioral Ecology

5 Temperature

6 Water

7 Nutrients

8 Demographic Techniques and Population Patterns

9 Life Tables and Demography

10 Population Growth

11 Competition and Coexistence

12 Facilitation

13 Predation

14 Herbivory

15 Parasitism

16 Population Regulation

17 Species Diversity

18 Species Richness Patterns

19 Species Richness and Community Services

20 Succession

21 Island Biogeography

22 Terrestrial Biomes

23 Marine Biomes

24 Freshwater Biomes

25 Food Webs and Energy Flow

26 Biomass Production

27 Biogeochemical Cycles

Supplemental Materials