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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Sunderland, Massachusetts : Sinauer Associates, [2011]Edition: Second editionDescription: xxii, 648 pages : color illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780878934454
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 577
Contents:
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
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Book Book Payatas Lupang Pangako Branch Reference Section Circulation C 577 C135e 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 127015d

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

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