Ecology/ concepts and applications
Manuel C. Molles
- 6th.ed.
- New York: Mc graw hill, 2013.
- 567 p.
Introduction to ecology: historical foundations and developing frontiers -- Life on land -- Life in water -- Population genetics and natural selection -- Temperature relations -- Water relations -- Energy and nutrient relations -- Social relations -- Population distribution and abundance -- Population dynamics -- Population growth -- Life histories -- Competition -- Exploitative interactions: predation, herbivory, parasitism, and disease -- Mutualism -- Species abundance and diversity -- Species interactions and community structure -- Primary production and energy flow -- Nutrient cycling and retention -- Succession and stability -- Landscape ecology -- Geographic ecology -- Global ecology.