Ecology, Pearson New International Edition, 6th edition

Published by Pearson (August 29, 2013) © 2014

  • Charles J. Krebs University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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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 emphasises 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, 6th Edition builds on a clear writing style, historical perspective, and emphasis on data analysis with an updated, reorganised 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 emphasise application.

Table of contents

  1. 1. Introduction to the Science of Ecology
  2. 2. Evolution and Ecology
  3. 3. Behavioral Ecology
  4. 4. Analyzing Geographic Distributions
  5. 5. Factors That Limit Distributions I: Biotic
  6. 6. Factors That Limit Distributions II: Abiotic
  7. 7. Distribution and Abundance
  8. 8. Population Parameters and Demographic Techniques
  9. 9. Population Growth
  10. 10. Species Interactions I: Competition
  11. 11. Species Interactions II: Predation
  12. 12. Species Interactions III: Herbivory and Mutualism
  13. 13. Species Interactions IV: Disease and Parasitism
  14. 14. Regulation of Population Size
  15. 15. Applied Problems I: Harvesting Populations
  16. 16. Applied Problems II: Pest Control
  17. 17. Applied Problems III: Conservation Biology
  18. 18. Community Structure in Space: Biodiversity
  19. 19. Community Structure in Time: Succession
  20. 20. Community Dynamics I: Predation and Competition in Equilibrial Communities
  21. 21. Community Dynamics II: Disturbance and Nonequilibrium Communities
  22. 22. Ecosystem Metabolism I: Primary Production
  23. 23. Ecosystem Metabolism II: Secondary Production
  24. 24. Ecosystem Metabolism III: Nutrient Cycles
  25. 25. Ecosystem Dynamics under Changing Climates
  26. 26. Ecosystem Health and Human Impacts
  27. Appendix: A Primer on Population Genetics
  28. Appendix: Instantaneous and Finite Rates
  29. Appendix: Species Diversity Measures of Heterogeneity

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