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 life history, a thoroughly revised species interactions unit including a chapter introducing the subject, and a new chapter on species interactions. To emphasize the dynamic and experimental nature of ecology, each chapter draws upon current research in the various fields of ecology while providing accessible examples that help you understand species natural history, specific ecosystems, the process of science, and ecological patterns at both an evolutionary and demographic scale. To engage you in using and interpreting data, a wide variety of Quantifying Ecology boxes walk through step-by-step examples of equations and statistical techniques.
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.
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.
Elements of Ecology
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).
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.
This work will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in theoretical ecology, soil science, forestry and biogeochemistry.
Instructor Resource DVD [to Accompany] Elements of Ecology, 7th Ed., [by] Thomas M. Smith, Robert Leo Smith
Bridging the natural, physical and social sciences, this book shows how ecosystem ecology can inform the ecosystem services approach to environmental management.