Ecology: Concepts and Applications

By: Molles, Manuel CMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, Mass. ; London : McGraw-Hill, 2005Edition: 3rd EditionDescription: 622 Pages: color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cmISBN: 9780071111683 ; 0071111689Subject(s): EcologyDDC classification: 574.5
Contents:
Introduction : what is ecology? -- Natural history -- Life on land -- Life in water -- Individuals -- Temperature relations -- Water relations -- Energy and nutrient relations -- Social relations -- Population ecology -- Population genetics and natural selection -- Population distribution and abundance -- Population dynamics -- Population growth -- Life histories -- Interactions -- Competition -- Exploitation: predation, herbivory, parasitism, and disease -- Mutualism -- Communities and ecosystems -- Species abundance and diversity -- Food webs -- Primary production and energy flow -- Nutrient cycling and retention -- Succession and stability -- Large-scale ecology -- Landscape ecoloy -- Geographic ecology -- Global ecology.
Summary: Helping students grasp the main concepts of ecology, this introductory general ecology text keeps the presentation more applied than theoretical. It 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
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Included Index

Introduction : what is ecology? --
Natural history --
Life on land --
Life in water --
Individuals --
Temperature relations --
Water relations --
Energy and nutrient relations --
Social relations --
Population ecology --
Population genetics and natural selection --
Population distribution and abundance --
Population dynamics --
Population growth --
Life histories --
Interactions --
Competition --
Exploitation: predation, herbivory, parasitism, and disease --
Mutualism --
Communities and ecosystems --
Species abundance and diversity --
Food webs --
Primary production and energy flow --
Nutrient cycling and retention --
Succession and stability --
Large-scale ecology --
Landscape ecoloy --
Geographic ecology --
Global ecology.

Helping students grasp the main concepts of ecology, this introductory general ecology text keeps the presentation more applied than theoretical. It 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

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