Ecology: The Economy of Nature

Ninth Edition

Publication Date: March 16, 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

Chapter-Opening Case Studies foreshadow the concepts of each chapter while also conveying the dynamic nature of ecology as a modern science in which discoveries continue to be made today.
Ecology Today: Applying the Concepts boxes provide examples of applied ecology that bring together the major concepts of the chapter and present questions to demonstrate their practical importance in a variety of arenas, including human health, conservation, and managing our environment.
Working with Ecological Data boxes teaches statistical and data analysis tools that ecologists use every day.
Graphing the Data Activities, found at the end of each chapter, gives students additional practice with quantitative skills, particularly with creating and interpreting graphs.
Global Change icons point to discussions of global scale topics, critical to a modern approach to ecology. This brings to the forefront how real ecological issues impact students’ daily lives.

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Questions added to Ecology Today boxes require students to digest what they’ve learned and apply concepts from the chapter to the closing story. These are designed to spark classroom discussion as well.
Increased number of questions in Working with Ecological Data boxes require students to make calculations and draw graphs.
Expanded Ecological Problem Solving boxes require students to graph data and answer questions, create hypotheses of their own.
All chapters have been updated with new studies/research, while maintaining the classical studies ecologists refer to.

Rick Relyea

Rick Relyea is the David Darrin Senior ‘40 Endowed Chair in Biological Sciences and the director of the Darrin Freshwater Institute at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He received a BS in environmental forest biology from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, an MS in wildlife management from Texas Tech University, and a PhD in ecology and evolution from the University of Michigan. He has authored more than 200 scientific articles and book chapters and presented research seminars throughout the world. Rick was a professor at the University of Pittsburgh for 15 years, where he was named the Chancellor’s Distinguished Researcher and received the Tina and David Bellet Teaching Excellence Award. In 2014, he moved to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to direct The Jefferson Project, which is the most technologically advanced research endeavor to study freshwater lakes. Rick has a strong interest in high school education, including hosting high school science teachers who conduct research in his laboratory. He is co-author of Environmental Science for the AP® Course, also published by BFW publishers.

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