Fundamentals of EcologyBasic ecological principles and concepts; Introduction: the scope of ecology; Principles and concepts pertaining to the ecosystem; Principles and concepts pertaining to energy in ecological systems; Principles and concepts pertaining to biogeochemical cycles; Principles pertaining to limiting factors; Principles and concepts pertaining to organization at the community level; Principles and concepts pertaining to organization at the population level; The species and the individual in the ecosystem; Development and evolution of the ecosystem; System ecology: the systems approach and mathematical models in ecology; The habitat approach; Freshwater ecology; Marine ecology; Estuarine ecology; Terrestrial ecology; Applications and technology; Resources; Pollution and environmental health; Radiation ecology; Remote sensing as a tool for study and management of ecosystems; Perspectives in microbial ecology; Ecology of space travel; Toward an applied human ecology. |
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