Ecology: The Economy of Nature

Ninth Edition

Publication Date: January 15, 2021

Paperback ISBN: 9781319383817

Pages: 608

Teaching ecology through an evolutionary lens with an emphasis on data.

Ecology: The Economy of Nature takes students through all of the key concepts of an ecology course. It challenges them along the way with questions that encourage critical thinking, whether about chapter concepts, quantitative tools, or figures. 

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Preface
1. Introduction: Ecology, Evolution, and the Scientific Method

Part I: Life and the Physical Environment
2. Climates and Biomes
3. Adaptations to Aquatic Environments
4. Adaptations to Terrestrial Environments
5. Adaptations to Variable Environments

Part II: Organisms
6. Evolution and Adaptation
7. Life Histories
8. Reproductive Strategies
9. Social Behaviors

Part III: Populations
10. Population Distributions
11. Population Growth and Regulation
12. Population Dynamics Over Space and Time

Part IV: Species Interactions
13. Predation and Herbivory
14. Parasitism and Infectious Diseases
15. Competition
16. Mutualism

Part V: Communities and Ecosystems
17. Community Structure
18. Community Succession
19. Movement of Energy in Ecosystems
20. Movement of Elements in Ecosystems

Part VI: Global Ecology
21. Landscape Ecology and Global Biodiversity
22. Conservation of Global Biodiversity

Appendices
Reading Graphs
Statistical Tables
Answers to “Analyzing Ecology” and “Graphing the Data”
Glossary
Index

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