Ecology - 4th edition
Ecology - 4th edition
by Robert E. Ricklefs and Gary L. Miller
Cover type: HardbackEdition: 4TH 00
Copyright: 2000
Publisher: W.H. Freeman
Published: 2000
International: No
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Summary
In the decade since the last edition of this classic text, vast changes have occurred in the ecological landscape. There is increased awareness of the importance of scale, the role of disturbance, the necessity for conservation, the potential for restoration, and the power of genetics in understanding relationships among organisms. Building on traditional foundations--evolution and adaptation, energy flow, population and community interactions, and behavioral ecology--the new edition of Ecology emphasizes modern concepts and approaches to present an accessible and comprehensive treatment of the field of ecology.
Author Bio
Ricklefs, Robert E. : University of Missouri - Saint Louis
Miller, Gary : University of Mississippi
Table of Contents
Part 1. Introduction
The opening section explains why the study of ecology is important and how ecological study is conducted. As before, this section emphasizes the importance of evolution in the natural world.
1. The Order of the Natural World
2. Discovering the Order of Nature
Part 2. Organisms in Physical Environments
Part 2 covers the relationship between individual organisms and their physical and biotic environment, emphasizing the physical and chemical features of the environment.
3. Life and the Physical Environment
4. Water and Solute Balance
5. Energy and Heat
6. Responses to Variation in the Environment
7. Biological Factors in the Environment
8. Climate, Topography, and the Diversity of the Natural World
Part 3. Energy and the Materials in the Ecosystem
Discusses the dynamics of energy and element cycling. This early placement of ecosystems ecology (unique to our text) reinforces key ideas about human interactions with the environment introduced in Part I.
9. The Ecosystem Concept
10. Energy Flow in Ecosystems
11. Pathways of Elements in Ecosystems
12. Nutrient Regeneration in Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems
13. Regulation of Ecosystem Function
Part 4. Population Ecology
Includes new chapters on metapopulations (Chapter 17) and extinction, conservation, and restoration (Chapter 19).
14. Population Structure
15. Population Growth
16. Population Regulation
17. Metapopulations
18. Population Fluctuations and Cycles
19. Extinction, Conservation, and Restoration
Part 5. Population Interactions
This section now addresses competition before covering predation, herbivory, parasitism, and mutualism. Treating herbivory and predation in separate chapters reflects a greater emphasis the interaction of plants and their consumers.
20. Resources and Consumers
21. Competition Theory
22. Competition in Nature
23. Predation
24. Herbivory and Parasitism
25. Coevolution and Mutualism
Part 6. Community Ecology
This section now follows the two-part treatment of populations. Coverage of the ecological niche has been incorporated into a new chapter focusing on species diversity.
26. The Concept of the Community
27. Structure of the Community
28. Community Development
29. Biodiversity
Part 7. Evolutionary Ecology
This section caps off the extensive focus on evolutionary theory (a defining feature of Ecology) by promoting the unification of ecology with behavior and evolution. It is featured at the conclusion of the text for instructors who want to extend their discussions.
30. Evolution and Adaptations
31. Adaptations to Heterogeneous Environments
32. Evolution of Life Histories
33. Sex
34. Evolution and Social Behavior
Glossary
Answers to Problems
Bibliography
Index
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In the decade since the last edition of this classic text, vast changes have occurred in the ecological landscape. There is increased awareness of the importance of scale, the role of disturbance, the necessity for conservation, the potential for restoration, and the power of genetics in understanding relationships among organisms. Building on traditional foundations--evolution and adaptation, energy flow, population and community interactions, and behavioral ecology--the new edition of Ecology emphasizes modern concepts and approaches to present an accessible and comprehensive treatment of the field of ecology.
Ricklefs, Robert E. : University of Missouri - Saint Louis
Miller, Gary : University of Mississippi
Part 1. Introduction
The opening section explains why the study of ecology is important and how ecological study is conducted. As before, this section emphasizes the importance of evolution in the natural world.
1. The Order of the Natural World
2. Discovering the Order of Nature
Part 2. Organisms in Physical Environments
Part 2 covers the relationship between individual organisms and their physical and biotic environment, emphasizing the physical and chemical features of the environment.
3. Life and the Physical Environment
4. Water and Solute Balance
5. Energy and Heat
6. Responses to Variation in the Environment
7. Biological Factors in the Environment
8. Climate, Topography, and the Diversity of the Natural World
Part 3. Energy and the Materials in the Ecosystem
Discusses the dynamics of energy and element cycling. This early placement of ecosystems ecology (unique to our text) reinforces key ideas about human interactions with the environment introduced in Part I.
9. The Ecosystem Concept
10. Energy Flow in Ecosystems
11. Pathways of Elements in Ecosystems
12. Nutrient Regeneration in Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems
13. Regulation of Ecosystem Function
Part 4. Population Ecology
Includes new chapters on metapopulations (Chapter 17) and extinction, conservation, and restoration (Chapter 19).
14. Population Structure
15. Population Growth
16. Population Regulation
17. Metapopulations
18. Population Fluctuations and Cycles
19. Extinction, Conservation, and Restoration
Part 5. Population Interactions
This section now addresses competition before covering predation, herbivory, parasitism, and mutualism. Treating herbivory and predation in separate chapters reflects a greater emphasis the interaction of plants and their consumers.
20. Resources and Consumers
21. Competition Theory
22. Competition in Nature
23. Predation
24. Herbivory and Parasitism
25. Coevolution and Mutualism
Part 6. Community Ecology
This section now follows the two-part treatment of populations. Coverage of the ecological niche has been incorporated into a new chapter focusing on species diversity.
26. The Concept of the Community
27. Structure of the Community
28. Community Development
29. Biodiversity
Part 7. Evolutionary Ecology
This section caps off the extensive focus on evolutionary theory (a defining feature of Ecology) by promoting the unification of ecology with behavior and evolution. It is featured at the conclusion of the text for instructors who want to extend their discussions.
30. Evolution and Adaptations
31. Adaptations to Heterogeneous Environments
32. Evolution of Life Histories
33. Sex
34. Evolution and Social Behavior
Glossary
Answers to Problems
Bibliography
Index
Published: 2000
International: No
Summary
In the decade since the last edition of this classic text, vast changes have occurred in the ecological landscape. There is increased awareness of the importance of scale, the role of disturbance, the necessity for conservation, the potential for restoration, and the power of genetics in understanding relationships among organisms. Building on traditional foundations--evolution and adaptation, energy flow, population and community interactions, and behavioral ecology--the new edition of Ecology emphasizes modern concepts and approaches to present an accessible and comprehensive treatment of the field of ecology.
Author Bio
Ricklefs, Robert E. : University of Missouri - Saint Louis
Miller, Gary : University of Mississippi
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Part 1. Introduction
The opening section explains why the study of ecology is important and how ecological study is conducted. As before, this section emphasizes the importance of evolution in the natural world.
1. The Order of the Natural World
2. Discovering the Order of Nature
Part 2. Organisms in Physical Environments
Part 2 covers the relationship between individual organisms and their physical and biotic environment, emphasizing the physical and chemical features of the environment.
3. Life and the Physical Environment
4. Water and Solute Balance
5. Energy and Heat
6. Responses to Variation in the Environment
7. Biological Factors in the Environment
8. Climate, Topography, and the Diversity of the Natural World
Part 3. Energy and the Materials in the Ecosystem
Discusses the dynamics of energy and element cycling. This early placement of ecosystems ecology (unique to our text) reinforces key ideas about human interactions with the environment introduced in Part I.
9. The Ecosystem Concept
10. Energy Flow in Ecosystems
11. Pathways of Elements in Ecosystems
12. Nutrient Regeneration in Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems
13. Regulation of Ecosystem Function
Part 4. Population Ecology
Includes new chapters on metapopulations (Chapter 17) and extinction, conservation, and restoration (Chapter 19).
14. Population Structure
15. Population Growth
16. Population Regulation
17. Metapopulations
18. Population Fluctuations and Cycles
19. Extinction, Conservation, and Restoration
Part 5. Population Interactions
This section now addresses competition before covering predation, herbivory, parasitism, and mutualism. Treating herbivory and predation in separate chapters reflects a greater emphasis the interaction of plants and their consumers.
20. Resources and Consumers
21. Competition Theory
22. Competition in Nature
23. Predation
24. Herbivory and Parasitism
25. Coevolution and Mutualism
Part 6. Community Ecology
This section now follows the two-part treatment of populations. Coverage of the ecological niche has been incorporated into a new chapter focusing on species diversity.
26. The Concept of the Community
27. Structure of the Community
28. Community Development
29. Biodiversity
Part 7. Evolutionary Ecology
This section caps off the extensive focus on evolutionary theory (a defining feature of Ecology) by promoting the unification of ecology with behavior and evolution. It is featured at the conclusion of the text for instructors who want to extend their discussions.
30. Evolution and Adaptations
31. Adaptations to Heterogeneous Environments
32. Evolution of Life Histories
33. Sex
34. Evolution and Social Behavior
Glossary
Answers to Problems
Bibliography
Index
