LP for Ecology Economy of Nature 7e
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Beschreibung
Now in its seventh edition, this landmark textbook has helped to define introductory ecology courses for over four decades. With a dramatic transformation from previous editions, this text helps lecturers embrace the challenges and opportunities of teaching ecology in a contemporary lecture hall.
The text maintains its signature evolutionary perspective and emphasis on the quantitative aspects of the field, but it has been completely rewritten for today’s undergraduates. Modernized in a new streamlined format, from 27 to 23 chapters, it is manageable now for a one-term course. Chapters are organized around four to six key concepts that are repeated as major headings and repeated again in streamlined summaries. Ecology: The Economy of Nature is available with LaunchPad. LaunchPad combines an interactive ebook with high-quality multimedia content and ready-made assessment options, including LearningCurve adaptive quizzing. See ‘Instructor Resources’ and ‘Student Resources’ for further information.
Presents the process of scientific discovery through a global lens. Each chapter supports core concepts with examples of classic and contemporary research from across the globe.
Encourages ecological literacy through environmental applications. Each chapter concludes with a case study applying chapter concepts to a contemporary ecological issue, the text integrates topics relevant to public health, conservation, and the environment.
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Takes a learning-by-doing approach to basic quantitative tools and the use of data. The text explains mathematical and statistical techniques in the context of ecological research using real data, followed by self-guided study problems and graphing exercises for practice. Over 500 graphs throughout the text present and describe actual research data.
Focuses across many scales and diverse habitats. Examples and applications span the full range of interactions among organisms and their environment from the microscopic to the landscape level
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Robert E. Ricklefs