Last edition Elsevier Web Online Copy&>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 students 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.
Last Edition
ISBN 13: 9781292077406
Imprint: Pearson
Language: English
Authors: Robert Leo Smith
Pub Date: 03/2015
Pages: 704
Illus: Illustrated
Weight: 1,360.000 grams
Size: h 210 x 273 mm
Product Type: Softcover
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- • Expanded Interpreting Ecological Data figure questions challenge students to pull information from graphs and data tables and to consider different outcomes.
- • Expanded Quantifying Ecology boxes now appear in every chapter and delve into selected chapter topics in greater detail to explain the related interpretation of ecological data, quantitative methods, and mathematical models.
- • Further Readings at the end of each chapter emphasize how the text is based on real scientific studies. These Further Readings are annotated to explain their relevance to the student/instructor.
- • NEW! Human Ecology discussions are now integrated throughout each chapter in an “Ecological Issues and Applications” section. This material, which was previously found Chapters 28, and 29, has been streamlined and is now presented in context with basic ecology concepts to emphasize the relevance of ecology to understanding and addressing environmental concerns. Each section is followed by a set of critical thinking questions.
- • NEW! Chapter 27 Global Climate Change has been completely updated and incorporates current data and examples.
- • NEW! Streamlined discussions on metapopulations provide a more accessible introduction to these topics by moving this material from a separate chapter (12) to the chapters on population structure (Chapter 8) and landscape ecology (Chapter 20),
- Robert Leo Smith, Professor of Wildlife Biology and Ecology, West Virginia University, Morgantown. Author of Ecology and Field Biology.
- Chapter 1: The Nature of Ecology
- Chapter 2: Climate
- Chapter 3: The Aquatic Environment
- Chapter 4: The Terrestrial Environment
- Chapter 5: Adaptation and Natural Selection
- Chapter 6: Plant Adaptations to the Environment
- Chapter 7: Animal Adaptations to the Environment
- Chapter 8: Properties of Populations
- Chapter 9: Population Growth
- Chapter 10: Life History
- Chapter 11: Intraspecific Population Regulation
- Chapter 12: Species Interactions, Population Dynamics, and Natural Selection
- Chapter 13: Interspecific Competition
- Chapter 14: Predation
- Chapter 15: Parasitism and Mutualism
- Chapter 16: Community Structure
- Chapter 17: Factors Influencing the Structure of Communities
- Chapter 18: Community Dynamics
- Chapter 19: Landscape Dynamics
- Chapter 20: Ecosystem Energetics
- Chapter 21: Decomposition and Nutrient Cycling
- Chapter 22: Biogeochemical Cycles
- Chapter 23: Terrestrial Ecosystems
- Chapter 24: Aquatic Ecosystems
- Chapter 25: Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems
- Chapter 26: Large-Scale Patterns of Biological Diversity
- Chapter 27: Global Climate Change
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