Elements of Ecology, 6/e (Paperback)

KEY BENEFIT: Elements of Ecology, Sixth Edition maintains its engaging, reader-friendly style as it explains the basic principles of ecology. The text is updated to include new chapters on current ecological topics; new part introductions to connect the subfields of ecology; and new in-text features to encourage students to interpret the ecological data, research, and models used throughout the text. Abundant, accessible examples illustrate and clarify the text's emphasis on understanding ecological patterns within an evolutionary framework. Additionally, the text employs new study questions requiring students to make connections and apply their knowledge.

KEY TOPICS: Introduction and Background, The Nature of Ecology, Adaptation and Evolution, The Physical Environment, Climate, The Aquatic Environment, The Terrestrial Environment, Organismal Ecology, Plant Adaptations, Animal Adaptations, Life History Patterns, Population Ecology,Properties of Populations, Population Growth, Interspecific Population Regulation, Metapopulations, The Ecology of Species Interactions,Competition, Predation, Parasitism and Mutualism, Community Ecology,Community Structure, Factors Influencing the Structure of Communities, Community Dynamics, Landscape Ecology, Ecosystem Ecology, Ecosystem Energetics, Decomposition and Nutrient Cycling, Biogeochemical Cycles, Biogeographical Ecology,Terrestrial Ecosystems, Aquatic Ecosystems, Land-Water Interface, Large-scale Patterns of Biodiversity, Human Ecology, Population Growth, Resource Use, and Sustainability, Habitat Decline, Biodiversity, and Conservation Ecology, Global Climate Change.

MARKET: For all readers interested in the basic principles ecology.

《生態學要素》第六版保持其引人入勝且讀者友好的風格，解釋了生態學的基本原理。本書更新了內容，包括了關於當前生態學話題的新章節；新的部分引言以連接生態學的子領域；以及新的內文特點，鼓勵學生解釋文本中使用的生態數據、研究和模型。豐富且易於理解的例子說明和澄清了本書強調在演化框架內理解生態模式的重點。此外，本書使用了新的學習問題，要求學生建立聯繫並應用他們的知識。

主要主題包括：介紹和背景、生態學的本質、適應和演化、物理環境、氣候、水生環境、陸地環境、有機體生態學、植物適應、動物適應、生活史模式、種群生態學、種群的特性、種群增長、種間種群調節、次種群、物種互動的生態學、競爭、捕食、寄生和互利、群落生態學、群落結構、影響群落結構的因素、群落動態、景觀生態學、生態系統生態學、生態系統能量學、分解和營養循環、生物地球化學循環、生物地理生態學、陸地生態系統、水生生態系統、陸水界面、生物多樣性的大尺度模式、人類生態學、人口增長、資源利用和可持續性、棲息地衰退、生物多樣性和保育生態學、全球氣候變化。

本書適合所有對生態學基本原理感興趣的讀者。