TY - BOOK AU - Cain,Michael L. AU - Bowman,William D. AU - Hacker,Sally D. TI - Ecology SN - 9780878934454 U1 - 577 PY - 2011///] CY - Sunderland, Massachusetts PB - Sinauer Associates KW - Ecology N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages [591]-612) and index; 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 ER -