Ecology
by Bowman, William D.; Hacker, Sally D.; Cain, Michael L.Edition: 5th
Format: Loose-leaf
Pub. Date: 2020-02-01
Publisher(s): Sinauer Associates is an imprint of Oxford University Press
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Author Biography
William D. Bowman is Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Director of the Mountain Research Station at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Sally D. Hacker is Professor of Integrative Biology at Oregon State University, Corvallis.
Table of Contents
1. The Web of Life
Unit 1: Organisms and Their Environment
2. The Physical Environment
3. The Biosphere
4. Coping with Environmental Variation: Temperature and Water
5. Coping with Environmental Variation: Energy
Unit 2: Evolutionary Ecology
6. Evolution and Ecology
7. Life History
8. Behavioral Ecology
Unit 3: Populations
9. Population Distribution and Abundance
10. Population Dynamics
11. Population Growth and Regulation
Unit 4: Species Interactions
12. Predation
13. Parasitism
14. Competition
15. Mutualism and Commensalism
Unit 5: Communities
16. The Nature of Communities
17. Change in Communities
18. Biogeography
19. Species Diversity in Communities
Unit 6: Ecosystems
20. Production
21. Energy Flow and Food Webs
22. Nutrient Supply and Cycling
Unit 7: Applied and Large-Scale Ecology
23. Conservation Biology
24. Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Management
25. Global Ecology
Appendix: Some Metric Measurements Used in Ecology
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