Ecology: Theories and Applications - Couverture souple

Stiling, Peter D.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0132219395 ISBN 13 : 9780132219396

Editeur : Pearson Education (US), 1995

Synopsis

This overview of evolutionary, behavioural, population, community and applied ecology covers the essentials required by beginning students. This edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect recent ideas, concepts and examples. It also features greater emphasis on applied ecology.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Peter Stiling is a professor of biology at the University of South Florida at Tampa. He has taught classes in ecology, environmental science, and community ecology, and in 1995 he received a teaching award in recognition of classroom excellence in these areas. Dr. Soling obtained his Ph.D. from University College, Cardiff, Wales, and completed postdoctoral research at Florida State University. It was while he was teaching ecology at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad that the idea for this book was conceived. Dr. Stiling's research interests include plant-insect relationships, parasite-host relationships, biological control, restoration ecology, and the effects of elevated CO2 levels on native communities. He has published many scientific papers in journals such as Ecology, Oikos, and Oecologia and was an editor for Oecologia. His field research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Nature Conservancy.

Présentation de l'éditeur

For courses in ecology.

• Presenting a comprehensive, yet concise and clear, overview of ecology―
• evolutionary, behavioral, population, community, and applied―this innovative text covers all of the essentials required by students taking a sophomore or junior level course in ecology. The Fourth Edition retains a broad scope and is the first ecology text to completely integrate the applied sections into the theories of ecology.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson Education (US)
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0132219395
• ISBN 13: 9780132219396
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 624
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible