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Instant Notes Ecology

Instant Notes Ecology

Aulay MacKenzie, Andy S. Ball, Sonia.R. Virdee

340 pages, parution le 01/09/2001 (2eme édition)

Résumé

Instant Notes Ecology, second edition is a concise yet comprehensive ecology book for undergraduates. All the important areas of ecology are covered in a format that is ideal for learning and rapid revision. The book has been comprehensively revised and updated to incorporate recent advances in this fast moving field.

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.

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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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