000			01588nam a2200193 a 4500
020			_a9780071111683
020			_a0071111689
082			_a574.5 _bMOL
100			_aMolles, Manuel C;
245			_aEcology: Concepts and Applications
250			_a3rd Edition
260			_aBoston, Mass. ; _bLondon : McGraw-Hill, _c2005.
300			_a622 Pages: _bcolor illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm
500			_aIncluded Index
505			_aIntroduction : what is ecology? -- Natural history -- Life on land -- Life in water -- Individuals -- Temperature relations -- Water relations -- Energy and nutrient relations -- Social relations -- Population ecology -- Population genetics and natural selection -- Population distribution and abundance -- Population dynamics -- Population growth -- Life histories -- Interactions -- Competition -- Exploitation: predation, herbivory, parasitism, and disease -- Mutualism -- Communities and ecosystems -- Species abundance and diversity -- Food webs -- Primary production and energy flow -- Nutrient cycling and retention -- Succession and stability -- Large-scale ecology -- Landscape ecoloy -- Geographic ecology -- Global ecology.
520			_aHelping students grasp the main concepts of ecology, this introductory general ecology text keeps the presentation more applied than theoretical. It begins with the natural history of the planet, considers portions of the whole in the middle chapters, and ends with another perspective of the entire planet in the concluding chapter
650			_aEcology.
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