Ecology: Concepts and Applications - Brossura

Molles, Manuel

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0071317899 ISBN 13: 9780071317894

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education, 2012

Riassunto

This introductory general ecology text features a strong emphasis on helping students grasp the main concepts of ecology while keeping the presentation more applied than theoretical. An evolutionary perspective forms the foundation of the entire discussion. The book begins with the natural history of the planet, considers portions of the whole in the middle chapters, and ends with another perspective of the entire planet in the concluding chapter. Its unique organization of focusing only on several key concepts in each chapter sets it apart from the competition.

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L'autore:

Manuel C Molles Jr. is an emeritus Professor of Biology at the University of New Mexico, where he has been a member of the faculty and curator in the Museum of Southwestern Biology since 1975. He received his BS from Humboldt State University and his PhD from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona. Seeking to broaden his geographic perspective, he has taught and conducted ecological research in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe. He was awarded a Fulbright Research Fellowship to conduct research on river ecology in Portugal and has held visiting professor appointments in the Department of Zoology at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, in the Laboratory of Hydrology at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain, and at the University of Montanas Flathead Lake Biological Station.Originally trained as a marine ecologist and fisheries biologist, the author worked mainly on river and riparian ecology at the University of New Mexico. His research has covered a wide range of ecological levels, including behavioral ecology, population biology, community ecology, ecosystem ecology, biogeography of stream insects, and the influence of a large-scale climate system (El Niï¿o) on the dynamics of southwestern river and riparian ecosystems. His current research interests focus on the influence of climate change and climatic variability on the dynamics of populations and communities along steep gradients of temperature and moisture in the mountains of the Southwest. Throughout his career, Dr. Molles has attempted to combine research, teaching, and service, involving undergraduate as well as graduate students in his ongoing projects. At the University of New Mexico, he taught a broad range of lower division, upper division, and graduate courses, including Principles of Biology, Evolution and Ecology, Stream Ecology, Limnology and Oceanography, Marine Biology, and Community and Ecosystem Ecology. He has taught courses in Global Change and River Ecology at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, and General Ecology and Groundwater and Riparian Ecology at the Flathead Lake Biological Station. Dr. Manuel Molles was named Teacher of the Year by the University of New Mexico for 19951996 and Potter Chair in Plant Ecology in 2000. In 2014, he received the Eugene P. Odum Award from the Ecological Society of America based on his ability to relate basic ecological principles to human affairs through teaching, outreach and mentoring activities.

Contenuti:

1 Introduction to Ecology: Historical Foundations and Developing Frontiers

Section I Natural History and Evolution

2 Life on Land

3 Life and Water

4 Population Genetics and Natural Selection

Section II Adaptations to the Environment

5 Temperature Relations

6 Water Relations

7 Energy and Nutrient Relations

8 Social Relations

Section III Population Ecology

9 Population Distribution and Abundance

10 Population Dynamics

11 Population Growth

12 Life Histories

Section IV Interactions

13 Competition

14 Exploitative Interactions: Predation, Herbivory, Parasitism, and Disease

15 Mutualism

Section V Communities and Ecosystems

16 Species Abundance and Diversity

17 Species Interactions and Community Structure

18 Primary Production and Energy Flow

19 Nutrient Cycling and Retention

20 Succession and Stability

Section VI Large-Scale Ecology

21 Landscape Ecology

22 Geographic Ecology

23 Global Ecology

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0071317899
• ISBN 13: 9780071317894
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 6
• Numero di pagine: 608