Ecology eBook. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael L. Cain, William D. Bowman, Sally D. Hacker, Michael L. Cain.
• Authors: Cain, Michael L; Bowman, William D; Hacker, Sally D; Cain, Michael L
• Contents: 1. Introduction: 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 Growth and Regulation; 11. Population Dynamics; UNIT 4: INTERACTIONS AMONG ORGANISMS; 12. Competition; 13. Predation and Herbivory; 14. Parasitism; 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
• Edition: 3rd
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (648 pages)
• Subjects: Ecological science, the Biosphere
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781605354965; 1605354961
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.