Elements of ecology - Smith, Robert Leo; Smith, T. M. (Thomas Michael) 1955-. (Singapore Pearson Education South Asia, 2004)
Table of Contents: Part I. Introduction: 1. The Nature of Ecology -- 2. Adaptation and Evolution -- Ecological Application I. Taking the Uncertainty out of Sex -- Part II. The Physical Environment: 3. Climate -- 4. The Abiotic Environment -- 5. Soil -- Ecological Application II. Blown in the Wind -- Part III. The Organism and Its Environment: 6. Plant Adaptations to the Environment -- 7. Decomposers and Decomposition -- 8. Animal Adaptations to the Environment -- Ecological Application III. St. Patrick and the Absence of Snakes of Ireland -- Part IV. Populations: 9. Properties of Populations -- 10. Population Growth -- 11. Intraspecific Population Regulation -- 12. Life History Patterns -- Ecological Application IV. Cheating Nature -- Part V. Communities: 13. Community Structure -- 14. Interspecific Competition -- 15. Predation -- 16. Parasitism and Mutualism -- 17. Processes Shaping Communities -- 18. Human Interactions within Communities -- 19. Landscape Ecology -- Ecological Application V. Asteroids, Bulldozers, and Biodiversity -- Part VI. Ecosystems: 20. Ecosystem Productivity -- 21. Nutrient Cc'ing -- 22. Biogeochemical Cycles -- 23. Human Intrusions into Biogeochemical Cycles -- Ecological Application VI. Time to Rethink the Lawn -- Part VII. Biogeography and Biodiversity: 24. Biogeography and Biodiversity -- 25. Terrestrial Ecosystems I: Forests, Woodlands, and Savannas -- 26. Terrestrial Ecosystems II: Grasslands, Shrubland, Desert, and Tundra -- 27. Freshwater and Estuarine Ecosystems -- 28. Marine Ecosystems -- 29. Wetlands -- 30. Global Environmental Change -- Ecological Application VII. How a Lack of Mushrooms helped Power the Industrial Revolution -- References. Glossary. Credits. Index.
Original edition, entitled Elements of Ecology, 5th edition by Smith, Robert Leo; Smith, Thomas M.; published by Pearson Education Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings, copyright 2003. Original ISBN 080534473X.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 627-644) and index.
Keywords: Ecology