Ecology by Michael L. Cain, Sally D. Hacker and William D. Bowman (2008, Hardcover)

Oxford University Press, Incorporated

0878930833

9780878930838

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Ecology

William D. Bowman, Sally D. Hacker, Michael L. Cain

Hardcover

English

Life Sciences / Ecology

2008

Science

621 Pages

11.1in

1.1in

9.5in

61.6 Oz

Qh541e31933 2008

1. Introduction: The Web of Life UNIT I. ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT 2. The Physical Environment 3. The Biosphere 4. Coping with Environmental Variation: Water and Temperature 5. Coping with Environmental Variation: Energy and Nutrients 6. Evolution and Ecology   UNIT II. POPULATIONS 7. Life History Analyses 8. Population Distribution and Abundance 9. Population Growth and Regulation 10. Population Dynamics   UNIT III. INTERACTIONS AMONG ORGANISMS 11. Competition 12. Predation and Herbivory 13. Parasitism 14. Mutualism and Commensalism   UNIT IV. COMMUNITIES 15. Nature of Communities 16. Change in Communities 17. Biogeography and History 18. Species Diversity   UNIT V. ECOSYSTEMS 19. Production 20. Energy Flow and Food Webs 21. Nutrient Supply and Cycling   UNIT VI. APPLIED AND LARGE-SCALE ECOLOGY 22. Conservation Biology 23. Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Management 24. Global Ecology

2008

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2008-007834

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