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.