| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 574 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; CONTENTS; Preface; CHAPTER 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGY; CHAPTER 2 GEOGRAPHIC ECOLOGY; CHAPTER 3 WHAT LIMITS GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION?; CHAPTER 4 BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY: EVOLUTION IN ACTION; CHAPTER 5 POPULATION DYNAMICS -- ABUNDANCE IN SPACE; CHAPTER 6 POPULATION DYNAMICS -- ABUNDANCE IN TIME; CHAPTER 7 NEGATIVE SPECIES INTERACTIONS -- PREDATION, HERBIVORY AND COMPETITION; CHAPTER 8 NEGATIVE SPECIES INTERACTIONS -- INFECTION AND PARASITISM; CHAPTER 9 POSITIVE INTERACTION BETWEEN SPECIES -- MUTUALISM AND COMMENSALISM; CHAPTER 10 POPULATION REGULATION AND THE BALANCE OF NATURE. |
| Summary |
This new textbook fills an important niche by offering a lively overview of the principles of ecology for a broad range of college-level science and biology courses. Written for those who need to understand key ecological concepts but may specialise in other fields, it is filled with many vivid examples of topical issues and current events. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ecology.
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Ecology. |
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Human ecology.
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Human ecology. |
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Population biology.
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Population biology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Krebs, Charles J. Ecological world view. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, 2008 9780643093805 (DLC) 2008378056 (OCoLC)190826161 |
| ISBN |
9780643098398 (electronic book) |
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0643098399 (electronic book) |
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1283156156 |
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9781283156158 |
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