| Record Type: |
Language materials, printed
: Monograph/item
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| Title/Author: |
Essentials of ecology // Colin R. Townsend, Michael Begon, John L. Harper. |
| Author: |
Townsend, Colin R. |
| other author: |
Begon, Michael. |
| Published: |
Malden, MA :Blackwell Pub., : 2008., |
| Description: |
xii, 510 p. :ill. (some col.), col. maps ;25 cm. |
| [NT 15003449]: |
Part I: Introduction: Ecology and how to do it -- Ecology's evolutionary backdrop -- Part II: Conditions and Resources: Physical conditions and the availability of resources -- Conditions, resources and the world's communities -- Part III: Individuals, Populations, Communities and Ecosystems: Birth, death and movement -- Interspecific competition -- Predation, grazing and disease -- Evolutionary ecology -- From populations to communities -- Patterns in species richness -- The flux of energy and matter through ecosystems -- Part IV: Applied Issues in Ecology: Sustainability -- Habitat degradation -- Conservation. |
| Subject: |
Ecology. - |
| ISBN: |
9781405156585 (pbk.) : |