Authors: Charles J. Krebs
ISBN-13: 9780321507433, ISBN-10: 0321507436
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
Date Published: October 2008
Edition: 6th Edition
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.
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
This text is not an encyclopedia of ecology, and it does not focus on descriptive ecology. Instead, it presents basic issues and theories, with emphasis on the cultivation of experimental techniques to answer ecological questions. The new edition adds material on conservation biology, community organization, and the integration of evolutionary and functional ecology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
I. WHAT IS ECOLOGY?
1. Introduction to the Science of Ecology
2. Evolution and Ecology
3. Behavioral Ecology
II. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTIONS
4. Analyzing Geographic Distributions
5. Factors That Limit Distributions I: Biotic
6. Factors That Limit Distributions II: Abiotic
7. Distribution and Abundance
III. THE PROBLEM OF ABUNDANCE: POPULATIONS
8. Population Parameters and Demographic Techniques
9. Population Growth
10. Species Interactions I: Competition
11. Species Interactions II: Predation
12. Species Interactions III: Herbivory and Mutualism
13. Species Interactions IV: Disease and Parasitism
14. Regulation of Population Size
15. Applied Problems I: Harvesting Populations
16. Applied Problems II: Pest Control
17. Applied Problems III: Conservation Biology
IV. DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL
18. Community Structure
19. Community Dynamics I: Biodiversity
20. Community Dynamics II: Predation and Competition
21. Community Dynamics III: Nonequilibrium Communities
22. Ecosystem Metabolism I: Primary Production
23. Ecosystem Metabolism II: Secondary Production
24. Ecosystem Metabolism III: Nutrient Cycles
25. Ecosystem Dynamics under Changing Climates
26. Ecosystem Health: Human Impacts
Appendix I - A Primer on Population Genetics
Appendix II - Instantaneous and Finite Rates
Appendix III - Species Diversity Measures of Heterogeneity
Glossary
Bibliography
Credits
Species Index
Subject Index