Essentials of ecology (Record no. 12610)
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| fixed length control field | 04115cam a22002054a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780632043484 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0632043482 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 574.5 |
| Item number | TOW |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Townsend, Colin R. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Essentials of ecology |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Malden, Mass. : |
| Name of publisher | Blackwell Science, |
| Year of publication | c2000. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xvii, 552 pages : |
| Other physical details | color illustrations ; 26 cm |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Included Index |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction --<br/>Ecology and how to do it --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Scales, diversity and rigor --<br/>Ecology in practice --<br/>Ecology's evolutionary backdrop --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Evolution by natural selection --<br/>Evolution within species --<br/>The ecology of speciation --<br/>Effects of climatic change on the evolution and distribution of species --<br/>Effects of continental drift on the ecology of evolution --<br/>Interpreting the results of evolution: convergents and parallels --<br/>Conditions and Resources --<br/>Physical conditions and the availability of resources --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Environmental conditions --<br/>Plant resources --<br/>Animals and their resources --<br/>Effects of intraspecific competition for resources --<br/>Conditions, resources and the ecological niche --<br/>Conditions, resources and the world's communities --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Geographic patterns at large and small scales --<br/>Temporal patterns in conditions and resources --<br/>Terrestrial biomes --<br/>Aquatic environments --<br/>Individuals, Populations, Communities and Ecosystems --<br/>Birth, death and movement --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Life cycles --<br/>Monitoring birth and death: life tables and fecundity schedules --<br/>Dispersal and migration --<br/>The impact of intraspecific competition on populations --<br/>Life history patterns --<br/>Interspecific competition --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Ecological effects of interspecific competition --<br/>Evolutionary effects of interspecific competition --<br/>Interspecific competition and community structure --<br/>How significant is interspecific competition in practice --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Prey fitness and abundance --<br/>The subtleties of predation --<br/>Predator behavior: foraging and transmission --<br/>Population dynamics of predation --<br/>Predation and community structure --<br/>Evolutionary ecology --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Molecular ecology: differentiation within and between species --<br/>Coevolutionary arms races --<br/>Mutualistic interactions --<br/>From populations to communities --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Multiple determinants of the dynamics of populations --<br/>Dispersal, patches and metapopulation dynamics --<br/>Temporal patterns in community composition --<br/>Food webs --<br/>Patterns in species richness --<br/>Introduction --<br/>A simple model of species richness --<br/>Spatially varying factors that influence species richness --<br/>Temporally varying factors that influence species richness --<br/>Gradients of species richness --<br/>Patterns in taxon richness in the fossil record --<br/>Appraisal of patterns in species richness --<br/>The flux of energy and matter through ecosystems --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Primary productivity --<br/>The fate of primary productivity --<br/>The process of decomposition --<br/>The flux of matter through ecosystems --<br/>Global biogeochemical cycles --<br/>Applied Issues in Ecology --<br/>Sustainability --<br/>Introduction --<br/>The human population 'problem' --<br/>Harvesting living resources from the wild --<br/>The farming of monocultures --<br/>Pest control --<br/>Integrated farming systems --<br/>Forecasting agriculturally driven global environmental change --<br/>Habitat degradation --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Degradation via cultivation --<br/>Power generation and its diverse effects --<br/>Degradation in urban and industrial landscapes --<br/>Maintenance and restoration of ecosystem services --<br/>Conservation --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Threats to biodiversity --<br/>Conservation in practice --<br/>Conservation in a changing world --<br/>Finale. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Presenting a balanced overview of ecology, with examples drawn from terrestrial and aquatic environments and from a variety of organism types, this work outlines the major tenets of ecology in a concise and simplified manner |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Ecology. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Harper, John L. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Begon, Michael. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Reference Books |
| Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Reference | 03/10/2008 | Purchased | 4190.00 | 574.5 TOW | 008882 | Reference Books |