TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ricklefs,Robert E.
AU  - Relyea,Rick
TI  - Ecology: the economy of nature
SN  - 9781429249959 (pbk.)
AV  - QH541 .R54 2014
U1  - 577 23
KW  - Ecology
KW  - fast
N1  - Previous edition: 2010; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Ecology, evolution, and the scientific method -- Part I: Life and the physical environment.  Adaptations to aquatic environments ; Adaptations to terrestrial environments ; Adaptations to variable environments ; Climates and soils ; Terrestrial and aquatic biomes -- Part II: Organisms.  Evolution and adaptation ; Life histories ; Reproductive strategies ; Social behaviors -- Part III: Populations.  Population distributions ; Population growth and regulation ; Population dynamics over space and time -- Part IV: Species interactions.  Predation and herbivory ; Parasitism and infectious diseases ; Competition ; Mutualism -- Part V: Communities and ecosystems.  Community structure ; Community succession ; Movement of energy in ecosystems ; Movement of elements in ecosystems -- Part VI: Global ecology.  Landscape ecology, biogeography, and global biodiversity ; Global conservation of biodiversity -- Appendices: Reading graphs ; Statistical tables ; Answers to analyzing ecology and graphing the data exercises -- Glossary
ER  -