Ecology
Theories and Applications
3rd Edition
Published on 17. August 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
638 pages
978-0-13-915653-3 (ISBN)
Description
Integrates applied ecology, focusing on the real-world applications that are present throughout each subdiscipline of ecology. The text expands coverage of behavioural and ecosystems ecology, including a chapter on the life history theory which features sections on mating systems, sex ratios, habitat selection dispersal and age structure. The book also broadens materials on abiotic factors to include new discussions on such factors as nutrients, soil light, wind pH and salinity.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 197 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
1221 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-915653-3 (9780139156533)
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Content
*I. INTRODUCTION:*Why and How to Study Ecology*II. EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION BIOLOGY:*The Diversity of Life*Natural Selection, Speculation and Species*III. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY:*Group Selection and Individual Selection*Life History Variation*IV. POPULATION BIOLOGY:*Population Growth*Abiotic Factors*Mutualism*Competition and Coexistence*Predation*Herbivory*Parasitism*Evaluating the Relative Strengths of Mortalities*V. COMMUNITY ECOLOGY:*The Main Types of Communities*Species Richness*Species Diversity*Stability, Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium*Succession*Island Biogeography*VI. ECOSYSTEMS ECOLOGY:*Trophic Structure*Energy Flow*Nutrient Cycles*Glossary*Literature Cited*Index