EcologyIn the decade since the last edition of this classic text, vast changes have occurred in the ecological landscape. There is increased awareness of the importance of scale, the role of disturbance, the necessity for conservation, the potential for restoration, and the power of genetics in understanding relationships among organisms. Building on traditional foundations--evolution and adaptation, energy flow, population and community interactions, and behavioral ecology--the new edition of Ecology emphasizes modern concepts and approaches to present an accessible and comprehensive treatment of the field of ecology. |
Contents
PART | 2 |
in the soil | 12 |
The Order of the Natural World | 24 |
Structure of the Community | 27 |
Life and the Physical Environment | 41 |
Water and Solute Balance | 53 |
1 | 71 |
4 | 82 |
293 | 325 |
299 | 332 |
307 | 342 |
rates track environmental | 349 |
175 | 472 |
compensatory responses | 484 |
488 | 516 |
501 | 527 |
Water and Solute Balance | 88 |
5 | 94 |
special problems | 100 |
tolerate seasonally unsuitable | 110 |
Biological Factors in | 116 |
4 | 125 |
Climate Topography and | 138 |
3 | 146 |
communities in terms of feeding | 175 |
near the earths surface | 229 |
reflects habitat heterogeneity | 248 |
251 | 283 |
253 | 290 |
transitions from | 545 |
theoretical and experimental | 556 |
Community Development | 564 |
612 | 634 |
Evolution of Life Histories | 658 |
when fixed costs of sex | 677 |
survival | 685 |
occurrence of altruistic | 690 |
socially within a large | 711 |
705 | 721 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 747 |
ANSWERS TO SELECTED EXERCISES | 803 |
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