Ecology The Experimental Analysis of Distribution and Abundance

by Krebs, Charles J.

• ISBN13: 9780321507433
• ISBN10: 0321507436
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-18
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

This best-selling majors-level book, by Charles Krebs, approaches ecology as a series of problems, which are best understood by evaluating empirical evidence through data analysis and application of quantitative reasoning. No otherbook presents analytical, quantitative, and statistical ecological information in an equally accessible style for students. Reflecting the way ecologists actually practice, the new edition emphasizes the role of experiments in testing ecological ideas and discusses many contemporary and controversial problems related to distribution and abundance.Introduction to the Science of Ecology, Evolution and Ecology, Behavioral Ecology, Analyzing Geographic Distributions,Factors That Limit Distributions I: Biotic, Factors That Limit Distributions II: Abiotic, Distribution and Abundance, Population Parameters and Demographic Techniques, Population Growth, Species Interactions I: Competition, Species Interactions II: Predation, Species Interactions III: Herbivory and Mutualism, Species Interactions IV: Disease and Parasitism, Regulation of Population Size, Applied Problems I: Harvesting Populations, Applied Problems II: Pest Control, Applied Problems III: Conservation Biology, Community Structure, Community Dynamics I: Biodiversity, Community Dynamics II: Predation and Competition, Community Dynamics III: Nonequilibrium Communities, Ecosystem Metabolism I: Primary Production, Ecosystem Metabolism II: Secondary Production, Ecosystem Metabolism III: Nutrient Cycles, Ecosystem Dynamics under Changing Climates, Ecosystem Health: Human Impacts.Intended for those interested in learning the basics of ecology

Author Biography

Charles Krebs is Emeritus Professor of Zoology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He received his B.S. from the University of Minnesota and earned both his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia. In addition to teaching ecology for 40 years, he works extensively on the population of rodents in Northern Canada, the United States, and Australia, trying to understand the mechanisms behind population fluctuations. He has published three ecology textbooks including Ecology: The Experimental Analysis of Distribution and Abundance, Sixth Edition and Ecological Methodology, Second Edition both published by Benjamin Cummings.

Table of Contents

What is Ecology?

Introduction to the Science of Ecology

Evolution and Ecology

Behavioral Ecology

Geographic Distributions

Analyzing Geographic Distributions

Factors That Limit Distributions I: Biotic

Factors That Limit Distributions II: Abiotic

Distribution and Abundance

The Problem of Abundance: Populations

Population Parameters and Demographic Techniques

Population Growth

Species Interactions I: Competition

Species Interactions II: Predation

Species Interactions III: Herbivory and Mutualism

Species Interactions IV: Disease and Parasitism

Regulation of Population Size

Applied Problems I: Harvesting Populations

Applied Problems II: Pest Control

Applied Problems III: Conservation Biology

Distribution and Abundance at the Community Level

Community Structure

Community Dynamics I: Biodiversity

Community Dynamics II: Predation and Competition

Community Dynamics III: Nonequilibrium Communities

Ecosystem Metabolism I: Primary Production

Ecosystem Metabolism II: Secondary Production

Ecosystem Metabolism III: Nutrient Cycles

Ecosystem Dynamics under Changing Climates

Ecosystem Health: Human Impacts

A Primer on Population Genetics

Instantaneous and Finite Rates

Species Diversity Measures of Heterogeneity

Glossary

Bibliography

Credits

Species Index

Subject Index

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