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Elements of ecology / Robert Leo Smith and Thomas M. Smith.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: San Francisco : Benjamin Cummings, c2003.Edition: 5th editionDescription: xvi, 682 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 080534473X (pbk.)
  • 9780805344738
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 577 21 SMI
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Contents

PART I. INTRODUCTION.
1. Nature of ecology
2. Adaptation and Evolution.

PART II. THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT.
3. Climate.
4. The Abiotic Environment.
5. Soils.

PART III. THE ORGANISM AND ITS ENVIRONMENT.
6. Plant Adaptations to the Environment.
7. Decomposers and Decomposition.
8. Animal Adaptations to the Environment.

PART IV. POPULATIONS.
9. Properties of Populations.
10. Population Growth.
11. Intraspecific Population Regulation.
12. Life History Patterns.

PART V. COMMUNITIES.
13. Community Structure.
14. Interspecific Competition.
15. Predation.
16. Parasitism and Mutualism.
17. Processes Shaping Communities.
18. Human Interactions with Communities.
19. Landscape Ecology.

PART VI. ECOSYSTEMS.
20. Ecosystems Productivity and Energy Flow.
21. Nutrient Cycling.
22. Bio geochemistry.
23. Human Intrusion into Biogeochemical Cycles.

PART VII. BIOGEOGRAPHY AND BIODIVERSITY.
24. Biogeography and biodiversity
25. Terrestrial ecosystems I. Forests, Woodlands, and Savannas
26. Terrestrial ecosystems II. Grasslands, Shrubland, Desert, and Tundra
27. Freshwater Ecosystems.
28. Marine Ecosystems.
29. Wetlands.
30. Global Environmental Change.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 627-644) and index.

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