Ecology /
Cain, Michael L.(Michael Lee),1956-
Bowman, William D.
Hacker, Sally D.
Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates,
c2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The web of life -- Organisms and their environment. The physical environment ; The biosphere ; Coping with environmental variation : temperature and water ; Coping with environmental variation : energy ; Evolution and ecology -- Populations. Life history ; Population distribution and abundance ; Population growth and regulation ; Population dynamics -- Interaction among organisms. Competition ; Predation and herbivory ; Parasitism ; Mutualism and commensalism -- Communities. The nature of communities ; Change in communities ; Biogeography ; Species diversity in communities -- Ecosystems. Production ; Energy flow and food webs ; Nutrient supply and cycling -- Applied and large-scale ecology. Conservation biology ; Landscape ecology and ecosystem management ; Global ecology.
Ecology.