Ecology
Title:
Ecology
JLCTITLE245:
Michael L. Cain, William D. Bowman, Sally D. Hacker.
Personal Author:
Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates, c2011.
Physical Description:
xxii, 648 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cm.
ISBN:
9780878934454
9780878936007
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Term:
Contents:
The web of life -- Organisms and their environment. The physical environment ; The biosphere ; Coping with environmental variation : temperature and water ; Coping with environmental variation : energy ; Evolution and ecology -- Populations. Life history ; Population distribution and abundance ; Population growth and regulation ; Population dynamics -- Interaction among organisms. Competition ; Predation and herbivory ; Parasitism ; Mutualism and commensalism -- Communities. The nature of communities ; Change in communities ; Biogeography ; Species diversity in communities -- Ecosystems. Production ; Energy flow and food webs ; Nutrient supply and cycling -- Applied and large-scale ecology. Conservation biology ; Landscape ecology and ecosystem management ; Global ecology.