The ecological world view - Krebs, Charles J. (CSIRO Pub., 2008)
Includes bibliographical references and index
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.
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