Ecology : Theories and Applications （3 SUB）

Ecology : Theories and Applications （3 SUB）

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 638 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780139156533
  • DDC分類 577

Full Description


Integrates applied ecology, focusing on the real-world applications that are present throughout each subdiscipline of ecology. The text expands coverage of behavioural and ecosystems ecology, including a chapter on the life history theory which features sections on mating systems, sex ratios, habitat selection dispersal and age structure. The book also broadens materials on abiotic factors to include new discussions on such factors as nutrients, soil light, wind pH and salinity.

Contents

*I. INTRODUCTION:*Why and How to Study Ecology*II. EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION BIOLOGY:*The Diversity of Life*Natural Selection, Speculation and Species*III. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY:*Group Selection and Individual Selection*Life History Variation*IV. POPULATION BIOLOGY:*Population Growth*Abiotic Factors*Mutualism*Competition and Coexistence*Predation*Herbivory*Parasitism*Evaluating the Relative Strengths of Mortalities*V. COMMUNITY ECOLOGY:*The Main Types of Communities*Species Richness*Species Diversity*Stability, Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium*Succession*Island Biogeography*VI. ECOSYSTEMS ECOLOGY:*Trophic Structure*Energy Flow*Nutrient Cycles*Glossary*Literature Cited*Index