Ecology: Concepts And Applications

✍ Scribed by Manuel C. Molles, Andrew Laursen

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 640
• Edition: 5
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Molles, Ecology: Concepts and Applications, 5th Canadian Edition uniquely engages and prepares students to understand key ecological principles and concepts through careful organization, clear and relevant Canadian and global examples, and a conceptual approach to the young science of ecology.

Written for students who are taking their first undergraduate course in ecology, Molles 5th Canadian Edition has organized each chapter around two to six major concepts, presenting the student with a manageable and meaningful synthesis of the subject. Each concept is accompanied by case studies and research results reinforcing central concepts that are discussed. Through this approach students are introduced to the research methods used in the various areas of ecology, with a strong focus on a scientific approach to understanding ecological principles.

✦ Table of Contents

1 Introduction to Ecology 1

Section 1: natural history and evolution 13
2 Life on Land 14
3 Life in Water 39
4 Evolution and Speciation 65

Section 2: Individuals 87
5 Temperature Relations 88
6 Water Relations 112
7 Energy and Nutrient Relations 135
8 Behavioural Ecology 161
9 Life Histories and the Niche 187

Section 3: Population ecology 212
10 Distribution and Abundance of Populations and Species 213
11 Population Structure 238
12 Population Dynamics and Growth 256

Section 4:
interactions 281
13 Competition 282
14 Herbivory and Predation 308
15 Mutualism, Parasitism, and Disease 334

Section 5: Communities and ecosystems 360
16 Community Structure and Function 361
17 Species Interactions and Community Structure 384
18 Disturbance, Succession, and Stability 405
19 Production and Energy Flow 433
20 Nutrient and Elemental Cycling 459

Section 6: Large scale ecology 485
21 Landscape Ecology 486
22 Macroecology 508
23 Global Ecology 536