Ecology : the experimental analysis of distribution and abundance

Author(s)

• Krebs, C. J. (Charles John)

Bibliographic Information

Ecology : the experimental analysis of distribution and abundance

Charles J. Krebs

Benjamin Cummings, c2009

6th ed

Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Charles Krebs' best-selling majors-level text approaches ecology as a series of problems that are best understood by evaluating empirical evidence through data analysis and application of quantitative reasoning. No other text presents analytical, quantitative, and statistical ecological information in an equally accessible style for students. Reflecting the way ecologists actually practice, the new edition emphasizes the role of experiments in testing ecological ideas and discusses many contemporary and controversial problems related to distribution and abundance. Ecology: The Experimental Analysis of Distribution and Abundance, Sixth Edition builds on a clear writing style, historical perspective, and emphasis on data analysis with an updated, reorganized discussion of key topics and two new chapters on climate change and animal behavior. Key concepts and key terms are now included at the beginning of each chapter to help students focus on what is most important within each chapter, mathematical analyses are broken down step by step in a new feature called "Working with the Data," concepts are reinforced throughout the text with examples from the literature, and end-of-chapter questions and problems emphasize application.

Table of Contents

I. WHAT IS ECOLOGY? 1. Introduction to the Science of Ecology 2. Evolution and Ecology 3. Behavioral Ecology II. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTIONS 4. Analyzing Geographic Distributions 5. Factors That Limit Distributions I: Biotic 6. Factors That Limit Distributions II: Abiotic 7. Distribution and Abundance III. THE PROBLEM OF ABUNDANCE: POPULATIONS 8. Population Parameters and Demographic Techniques 9. Population Growth 10. Species Interactions I: Competition 11. Species Interactions II: Predation 12. Species Interactions III: Herbivory and Mutualism 13. Species Interactions IV: Disease and Parasitism 14. Regulation of Population Size 15. Applied Problems I: Harvesting Populations 16. Applied Problems II: Pest Control 17. Applied Problems III: Conservation Biology IV. DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL 18. Community Structure 19. Community Dynamics I: Biodiversity 20. Community Dynamics II: Predation and Competition 21. Community Dynamics III: Nonequilibrium Communities 22. Ecosystem Metabolism I: Primary Production 23. Ecosystem Metabolism II: Secondary Production 24. Ecosystem Metabolism III: Nutrient Cycles 25. Ecosystem Dynamics under Changing Climates 26. Ecosystem Health: Human Impacts Appendix I - A Primer on Population Genetics Appendix II - Instantaneous and Finite Rates Appendix III - Species Diversity Measures of Heterogeneity Glossary Bibliography Credits Species Index Subject Index

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Details

• NCID: BA89079762
• ISBN:
  • 9780321507433
• LCCN: 2008030660
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: San Francisco
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 655 p.
• Size: 29 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QH541
  • DC22 : 577.8
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Ecology
  • LCSH : Population biology
  • LCSH : Biogeography