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The Princeton Guide to Ecology is a concise, authoritative one-volume reference to the field's major subjects and key concepts. Edited by eminent ecologist Simon Levin, with contributions from an international team of leading ecologists, the book contains more than ninety clear, accurate, and u...
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Princeton University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Princeton, N.J. : |
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[2009] ©2009 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Course Book. |
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| Summary: |
The Princeton Guide to Ecology is a concise, authoritative one-volume reference to the field's major subjects and key concepts. Edited by eminent ecologist Simon Levin, with contributions from an international team of leading ecologists, the book contains more than ninety clear, accurate, and up-to-date articles on the most important topics within seven major areas: autecology, population ecology, communities and ecosystems, landscapes and the biosphere, conservation biology, ecosystem services, and biosphere management. Complete with more than 200 illustrations (including sixteen pages in color), a glossary of key terms, a chronology of milestones in the field, suggestions for further reading on each topic, and an index, this is an essential volume for undergraduate and graduate students, research ecologists, scientists in related fields, policymakers, and anyone else with a serious interest in ecology. Explains key topics in one concise and authoritative volume Features more than ninety articles written by an international team of leading ecologists Contains more than 200 illustrations, including sixteen pages in color Includes glossary, chronology, suggestions for further reading, and index Covers autecology, population ecology, communities and ecosystems, landscapes and the biosphere, conservation biology, ecosystem services, and biosphere management. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (832 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781400833023 |
| Index Number: | QH541 |
| CLC: | Q14 |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Introduction / I.1 Ecological Niche / I.2 Physiological Ecology: Animals / I.3 Physiological Ecology: Plants / I.4 Functional Morphology: Muscles, Elastic Mechanisms, and Animal Performance / I.5 Habitat Selection / I.6 Dispersal / I.7 Foraging Behavior / I.8 Social Behavior / I.9 Phenotypic Plasticity / I.10 Life History / I.11 Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems / I.12 Geographic Range / I.13 Adaptation / I.14 Phenotypic Selection / I.15 Population Genetics and Ecology / I.16 Phylogenetics and Comparative Methods / I.17 Microevolution / I.18 Ecological Speciation: Natural Selection and the Formation of New Species / I.19 Adaptive Radiation / II.1 Age-Structured and Stage-Structured Population Dynamics / II.2 Density Dependence and Single-Species Population Dynamics / II.3 Biological Chaos and Complex Dynamics / II.4 Metapopulations and Spatial Population Processes / II.5 Competition and Coexistence in Plant Communities / II.6 Competition and Coexistence in Animal Communities / II.7 Predator Prey Interactions / II.8 Host Parasitoid Interactions / II.9 Ecological Epidemiology / II.10 Interactions between Plants and Herbivores / II.11 Mutualism and Symbiosis / II.12 Ecology of Microbial Populations / II.13 Coevolution / III.1 Biodiversity: Concepts, Patterns, and Measurement / III.2 Competition, Neutrality, and Community Organization / III.3 Predation and Community Organization / III.4 Facilitation and the Organization of Plant Communities / III.5 Indirect Effects in Communities and Ecosystems: The Role of Trophic and Nontrophic Interactions / III.6 Top-Down and Bottom-Up Regulation of Communities / III.7 The Structure and Stability of Food Webs / III.8 Spatial and Metacommunity Dynamics in Biodiversity / III.9 Ecosystem Productivity and Carbon Flows: Patterns across Ecosystems / III.10 Nutrient Cycling and Biogeochemistry / III.11 Terrestrial Carbon and Biogeochemical Cycles / III.12 Freshwater Carbon and Biogeochemical Cycles / III.13 The Marine Carbon Cycle / III.14 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning / III.15 Ecological Stoichiometry / III.16 Macroecological Perspectives on Communities and Ecosystems / III.17 Alternative Stable States and Regime Shifts in Ecosystems / III.18 Responses of Communities and Ecosystems to Global Changes / III.19 Evolution of Communities and Ecosystems / IV.1 Landscape Dynamics / IV.2 Landscape Pattern and Biodiversity / IV.3 Ecological Dynamics in Fragmented Landscapes / IV.4 Biodiversity Patterns in Managed and Natural Landscapes / IV.5 Boundary Dynamics in Landscapes / IV.6 Spatial Patterns of Species Diversity in Terrestrial Environments / IV.7 Biosphere Atmosphere Interactions in Landscapes / IV.8 Seascape Patterns and Dynamics of Coral Reefs / IV.9 Seascape Microbial Ecology: Habitat Structure, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Function / IV.10 Spatial Dynamics of Marine Fisheries / V.1 Causes and Consequences of Species Extinctions / V.2 Population Viability Analysis / |