TY - BOOK AU - Molles,Manuel C. TI - Ecology: concepts and applications SN - 9780071317894 (hard : alk. paper) AV - QH541 .M553 2013 U1 - 577 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Boston PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Ecology N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 598-606); Introduction : what is ecology? -- Natural history -- Life on land -- Life in water -- Individuals -- Temperature relations -- Water relations -- Energy and nutrient relations -- Social relations -- Population ecology -- Population genetics and natural selection -- Population distribution and abundance -- Population dynamics -- Population growth -- Life histories -- Interactions -- Competition -- Exploitation: predation, herbivory, parasitism, and disease -- Mutualism -- Communities and ecosystems -- Species abundance and diversity -- Food webs -- Primary production and energy flow -- Nutrient cycling and retention -- Succession and stability -- Large-scale ecology -- Landscape ecoloy -- Geographic ecology -- Global ecology UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0412/2003025674.html ER -