TY - BOOK AU - Molles,Manuel C.,Jr TI - Ecology: Concepts & Applications SN - 9781259073366 U1 - 577 23 PY - 2013/// CY - New York : PB - McGraw-Hill Higher Education KW - Ecology N1 - Includes index; Previous edition: 2010; 1. Introduction to ecology : historical foundations and developing frontiers I. Natural history and evolution :; 2. Life on land ; 3. Life in water; 4. Population genetics and natural selection II. Adaptations to the environment :; 5. Temperature relations ; 6. Water relations ; 7. Energy and nutritient relations; 8. Social relations III. Population ecology : 9. Population distribution and abundance ; 10. Population dynamics; 11. Population growth ; 12. Life histories IV. Interactions :; 13. Competition; 14. Exploitative interactions : predation, herbivory, parasitism, and disease ; 15. Mutualism V. Communities and ecosystems :; 16. Species abundance and diversity; 17. Species interactions and community structure ; 18. Primary production and energy flow; 19. Nutrient cycling and retention ; 20. Succession and stability VI. Large-scale ecology :; 21. Landscape ecology ; 22. Geographic ecology; 23. Global ecology ; Appendix ; Statistical tables ER -