00000cam a22000004a 4500 UP-1685675941123820746 Buklod 20081126143726.0 aa rb |||1 u| ta 020327r20032004xx ab rb |001 0|eng d 080534473X (pbk.) (iLib)UPTAC-00002315526 C&E PhP545.00 DLC UPVTC eng QH 541 S624 2004 Smith, Robert Leo Elements of ecology Robert Leo Smith and Thomas M. Smith. 5th ed. Singapore Pearson Education South Asia c2004. xvi, 682 p. ill., maps 26 cm. 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. 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. Ecology. Smith, T. M. (Thomas Michael) 1955-. Table of contents only https://drive.google.com/file/d/16fBx5I6Sh7CwbXYK8Ee3mL9lx4ZoeuOR/view?usp=sharing FO UPTAC UPTAC QH 541 S624 2004 Book