Ecology: Theories and Applications

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Prentice Hall, 1999 - Science - 638 pages
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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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Contents

Why and How to Study Ecology
4
Why and How to Study Ecology
7
Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Biology
27
Copyright

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abiotic abundance acid age class alleles animals areas argued Australia biological biomass birds breeding cause chemical climate community ecology competition continental cycle defenses density dependence desert disease dispersal distribution diversity ecologists ecology ecosystem eggs environment environmental equilibrium eutrophication example experiments extinction factors feeding females FIGURE fish food web forest genes genetic drift genetic variation genotypes global warming gradient grassland habitat herbivores host human hypothesis important increase indirect effects individuals insects interactions invertebrates islands K-selected lakes limited males mammals mate metapopulation mortality moth mutualism mutualistic natural selection nitrogen number of species nutrients occur offspring organisms parasites parasitoids patterns percent Photo plants pollination population densities population growth predators prey production reduced regions relatively reproductive resource result showed soil species richness stable studies survivorship curve Table taxa temperature theory tion trees trophic level tropical types variables zone

About the author (1999)

Peter Stiling" is a professor of biology at the University of South Florida at Tampa. He has taught classes in ecology, environmental science, and community ecology, and in 1995 he received a teaching award in recognition of classroom excellence in these areas. Dr. Soling obtained his Ph.D. from University College, Cardiff, Wales, and completed postdoctoral research at Florida State University. It was while he was teaching ecology at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad that the idea for this book was conceived. Dr. Stiling's research interests include plant-insect relationships, parasite-host relationships, biological control, restoration ecology, and the effects of elevated CO2 levels on native communities. He has published many scientific papers in journals such as "Ecology, Oikos," and "Oecologia" and was an editor for Oecologia. His field research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Nature Conservancy.

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TitleEcology: Theories and Applications
Pearson Education
AuthorPeter D. Stiling
Edition3, illustrated
PublisherPrentice Hall, 1999
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedFeb 23, 2010
ISBN0139156534, 9780139156533
Length638 pages
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Science / Life Sciences / Ecology
  
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