
Instant Notes Ecology
Aulay MacKenzie, Andy S. Ball, Sonia.R. Virdee
Résumé
Contents
- Section A INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGY - What is ecology?
- Ten rules in ecology
- Section B ADAPTATION TO THE ENVIRONMENT - Adaptation
- Coping with environmental variation
- The niche
- Section C CLIMATE - Solar radiation and climate
- Microclimate
- Section D WATER - The properties of water
- Plants and water
- Animals and water
- Section E TEMPERATURE - Temperature and metabolism
- Responses to temperature
- Temperature and species distribution
- Section F RADIATION - Solar radiation and plants
- Section G NUTRIENTS - Sources and cycles
- Plants and consumers
- Soil formation, properties and classification
- Section H POPULATION ECOLOGY - Populations and population structure
- Natality, morality and population growth
- Density and density dependence
- Population dynamics - fluctuations, cycles and chaos
- Section I COMPETITION - The nature of competition
- Intraspecific competition
- Resource partitioning
- Section J PREDATION - The nature of predation
- Predator behavior and prey response
- Section K PARASITISM - The nature of parasitism
- The dynamics of parasitism
- Section L MUTUALISM - Mutualism
- Section M LIFE HISTORY PATTERNS - Life history
- Section N BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY - Social group, cooperation and altruism
- Sex in ecology
- Section O POPULATION GENETICS - Genetic variation
- Speciation
- Section P ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES - Components and processes
- Primary and secondary production
- Food chains
- Section Q COMMUNITIES - The community, structure and stability
- Island communities and colonization
- Community patterns, competition and predation
- Section R COMMUNITY DYNAMICS - Succession
- Community responses to disturbance
- BIOMES
- Ecosystem patterns
- Grasslands
- Tundra
- Forests
- Deserts, semi-deserts and shrubland
- Saltwater biomes
- Freshwater biomes
- Section S HARVESTING - Harvesting theory
- Fishing and whaling
- Section T PEST CONTROL - The pest problem and control strategies
- Pesticides and problems
- Biological control and integrated pest management
- Section U CONSERVATION - Rare species, habit loss and extinction
- Conservation strategies
- Biological resources and gene banks
- Section V POLLUTION AND GLOBAL WARMING - Air, water and soil pollutants
- Greenhouse gases and global warming
- Ozone
- Section W THE ECOLOGY OF AGRICULTURE - Soil erosion and agriculture
- Nutrient, water and energy use.
Caractéristiques techniques
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Éditeur(s) | Bios |
Auteur(s) | Aulay MacKenzie, Andy S. Ball, Sonia.R. Virdee |
Parution | 01/09/2001 |
Édition | 2eme édition |
Nb. de pages | 340 |
Format | 17 x 24,5 |
Couverture | Broché |
Poids | 688g |
Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
EAN13 | 9781859962572 |
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