Ecology /
Cain, Michael L. 1956-
Ecology / Michael L. Cain, William D. Bowman, Sally D. Hacker. - 2nd ed. - Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates, c2011. - xxii, 648 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The web of life -- Organisms and their environment. The physical environment ; The biosphere ; Coping with environmental variation : temperature and water ; Coping with environmental variation : energy ; Evolution and ecology -- Populations. Life history ; Population distribution and abundance ; Population growth and regulation ; Population dynamics -- Interaction among organisms. Competition ; Predation and herbivory ; Parasitism ; Mutualism and commensalism -- Communities. The nature of communities ; Change in communities ; Biogeography ; Species diversity in communities -- Ecosystems. Production ; Energy flow and food webs ; Nutrient supply and cycling -- Applied and large-scale ecology. Conservation biology ; Landscape ecology and ecosystem management ; Global ecology.
9780878934454 9780878936007 (pbk.)
2011000946
015753061 Uk
Ecology.
QH541 / .E31933 2011
577/ / CAI
Ecology / Michael L. Cain, William D. Bowman, Sally D. Hacker. - 2nd ed. - Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates, c2011. - xxii, 648 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The web of life -- Organisms and their environment. The physical environment ; The biosphere ; Coping with environmental variation : temperature and water ; Coping with environmental variation : energy ; Evolution and ecology -- Populations. Life history ; Population distribution and abundance ; Population growth and regulation ; Population dynamics -- Interaction among organisms. Competition ; Predation and herbivory ; Parasitism ; Mutualism and commensalism -- Communities. The nature of communities ; Change in communities ; Biogeography ; Species diversity in communities -- Ecosystems. Production ; Energy flow and food webs ; Nutrient supply and cycling -- Applied and large-scale ecology. Conservation biology ; Landscape ecology and ecosystem management ; Global ecology.
9780878934454 9780878936007 (pbk.)
2011000946
015753061 Uk
Ecology.
QH541 / .E31933 2011
577/ / CAI