Cain, Michael L. <br/><br/>
Ecology 
/ Michael L. Cain, William D. Bowman, Sally D. Hacker 
 - Second edition 
 - xxii, 648 pages :  color illustrations 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages [591]-612) and index. 
<br/><br/>Unit 1. Organisms and their environment The physical environment The biosphere Coping with environmental variation : temperature and water Coping with environmental variation : energy Evolution and ecology Unit 2. Populations Life history Population distribution and abundance Population growth and regulation Population dynamics Unit 3. Interactions among organisms Competition Predation and herbivory Parasitism Mutualism and commensalism Unit 4. Communities The nature of communities Change in communities Biogeography Species diversity in communities Unit 5. Ecosystems Production Energy flow and food webs Nutrients supply and cycling Unit 6. Applied and large-scale ecology Conservation biology Landscape ecology and ecosystem management Global ecology 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780878934454 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ecology
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>577