&> Elements of Ecology, Ninth Edition continues to explain ecological processes clearly and concisely, with a greater emphasis on the relevance of ecology to everyday life and the human impact on ecosystems. This dramatically revised edition discusses issues of human ecology throughout the text and provides a greater variety of opportunities for the reader to learn, practice, and develop quantitative and analytical skills. Current research examples and other content updates are supported by more than 200 redesigned, full-color illustrations, graphs, and tables. Elements of Ecology now includes MasteringBiology (R), an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program that improves results by helping the reader quickly master concepts both in and outside the classroom.
KEY TOPICS:
The Nature of Ecology; Climate; The Aquatic Environment; The Terrestrial Environment; Adaptation and Natural Selection; Plant Adaptations to the Environment; Animal Adaptations to the Environment;; Properties of Populations; Population Growth; Life History; Intraspecific Population Regulation; Species Interactions, Population Dynamics, and Natural Selection; Interspecific Competition; Predation; Parasitism and Mutualism; Community Structure; Factors Influencing the Structure of Communities; Community; Dynamics; Landscape Dynamics; Ecosystem Energetics; Decomposition and Nutrient Cycling; Biogeochemical Cycles; Terrestrial Ecosystems; Aquatic Ecosystems; Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems; Large-Scale Patterns of Biological Diversity; Global Climate Change
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For readers interested in ecological processes with an emphasis on the relevance of ecology to everyday life and the human impact on ecosystems.
- ISBN10 0321934172
- ISBN13 9780321934178
- Publish Date 28 October 2014
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 3 November 2014
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Pearson Education (US)
- Imprint Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company, Subs of Addison Wesley Longman, Inc
- Edition 9th edition
- Pages 704
- Language English