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Informationen zum Autor Michael L. Cain, William D. Bowman and Sally D. Hacker Klappentext The new third edition of this bestselling book remains focused on being the best teaching tool possible for students taking their first course in ecology. Revised and updated, the book features a new chapter on Behavioral Ecology, an exciting and growing subfield of ecology, and new Analyzing Data exercises in which students work with real data. Zusammenfassung The new third edition of this bestselling book remains focused on being the best teaching tool possible for students taking their first course in ecology. Revised and updated, the book features a new chapter on Behavioral Ecology, an exciting and growing subfield of ecology, and new Analyzing Data exercises in which students work with real data. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: The Web of Life.- UNIT 1: ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT.- 2. The Physical Environment.- 3. The Biosphere.- 4. Coping with Environmental Variation: Temperature and Water.- 5. Coping with Environmental Variation: Energy.- UNIT 2: EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY.- 6. Evolution and Ecology.- 7. Life History.- 8. Behavioral Ecology.- UNIT 3: POPULATIONS.- 9. Population Distribution and Abundance.- 10. Population Growth and Regulation.- 11. Population Dynamics.- UNIT 4: INTERACTIONS AMONG ORGANISMS.- 12. Competition.- 13. Predation and Herbivory.- 14. Parasitism.- 15. Mutualism and Commensalism.- UNIT 5: COMMUNITIES.- 16. The Nature of Communities.- 17. Change in Communities.- 18. Biogeography.- 19. Species Diversity in Communities.- UNIT 6: ECOSYSTEMS.- 20. Production.- 21. Energy Flow and Food Webs.- 22. Nutrient Supply and Cycling.- UNIT 7: APPLIED AND LARGE-SCALE ECOLOGY.- 23. Conservation Biology.- 24. Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Management.- 25. Global Ecology.
