An introductory textbook for college students.
This dramatically revised edition discusses issues of human ecology throughout the text and provides a greater variety of opportunities for students to learn, practice, and develop quantitative and analytical skills.
Known for its evolution theme and strong coverage of the relevance of ecology to everyday life and the human impact on ecosystems, the thoroughly revised Eighth Edition features expanded quantitative exercises, a restructured chapter on ...
With its unique modular organization and striking four-color art program, Elements of Ecology provides a clear introduction to ecology. The Fourth Edition Update not only presents the principles of ecology...
The second part of this book is devoted to structured population models, covering spatially-structured population models (with a focus on reaction-diffusion models), age-structured models, and two-sex models.
This work will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in theoretical ecology, soil science, forestry and biogeochemistry.
Various ecological aspects by taking insects as key animals has been discussed and it is hoped that the book would attract wide attention of students, teachers, researchers and persons involved in environmental as well as integrated pest ...
The ecosystems. The community. Community dynamics. Population ecology. Biogeography. Applied ecology.
Elements of Ecology
In Human Ecology, noted city planner and landscape architect Frederick Steiner encourages us to consider how human cultures have been shaped by natural forces, and how we might use this understanding to contribute to a future where both ...
Beavers in North America are “ecosystem engineers” that modify the availability of resources to other organisms by changing the physical environment at a landscape scale (Jones et al. 1994, Lawton and Jones 1995).