Ecology & field biology

Book

Ecology & field biology / Robert Leo Smith, Thomas M. Smith ; illustrated by Robert Leo Smith, Jr.

Smith, Robert Leo. (Author). Smith, T. M. (Thomas Michael), 1955- (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0321042905
ISBN: 9780321042903
ISBN: 0321058496
ISBN: 9780321058492
ISBN: 0321068823
ISBN: 9780321068828
ISBN: 0321068858
ISBN: 9780321068859
Physical Description: xviii, 771, 18, 31, 4, 19 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 29 cm
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: San Francisco : Benjamin Cummings, ©2001.

Content descriptions

General Note:: Accompanied by: Lab manual for biology labs on-line : evolution lab by Robert Desharnais, Jeffrey Bell. c2000, (11 p. ; 28 cm.).
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Pt. I, Introduction : -- 1. Ecology: meaning and scope -- Pt. II, The physical environment : -- 2. Solar radiation and climate -- 3. The physical environment -- 4. Soils -- Pt. III, The organism in its environment : -- 5. Adaptation -- 6. Adaptations to the environment I: photosynthesis and the light environment -- 7. Plant adaptations to the environment II: thermal, moisture, and nutrient environments -- 8. Animal adaptations to the environment -- 9. Decomposition -- Pt. IV, Intraspecific populations ecology : -- 10. Properties of populations -- 11. Population growth -- 12. Intraspecific competition: population regulation -- 13. Life history patterns -- Pt. V, Population interactions : -- 14. Interspecific competition -- 15. Concepts of predation -- 16. predators and their prey -- 17. Coevolutionary interactions: parasitism and mutualism -- 18. Human impacts on populations -- Pt. VI, Ecological genetics : -- 19. Population genetics -- Pt. VII, The community : -- 20. Community structure -- 21. Community dynamics -- 22. Processes controlling community dynamics -- 23. Landscape ecology -- Pt. VIII, The ecosystem : -- 24. Ecosystem productivity -- 25. Biogeochemistry I: nutrient cycling -- 26. Biogeochemistry II: global cycles and human impacts -- 27. Biogeography of ecosystems -- Pt. IX, Comparative ecosystem ecology : -- 28. Grassland to tundra -- 29. Forests -- 30. Freshwater ecosystems -- 31. Saltwater ecosystems -- 32. Global environment change.