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Ecology: The Economy of Nature by Rick Relyea - Ninth Edition, 2021 from Macmillan Student Store
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Ecology: The Economy of Nature
Succeed in your ecology course with this fascinating, clearly written text that combines the latest research with features that will help you increase your understanding of quantitative tools and analysis that ecologists use every day.

Online support through the Achieve platform combines the powerful multimedia resources for Ecology with an integrated eBook and a robust assessment library, creating an extraordinary new learning resource for you.

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Contents

Table of Contents

About the Authors 
Preface 
 1   Introduction: Ecology, Evolution, and the Scientific Method 
Part I: Life and the Physical Environment
 2   Climates and Biomes
3  Adaptations to Aquatic Environments 
 4   Adaptations to Terrestrial Environments 
 5   Adaptations to Variable Environments 
Part II: Organisms
 6   Evolution and Adaptation 
 7   Life Histories 
 8   Reproductive Strategies 
 9   Social Behaviors 
Part III: Populations
  10   Population Distributions 
  11   Population Growth and Regulation 
  12   Population Dynamics Over Space and Time 
Part IV: Species Interactions
  13   Predation and Herbivory 
  14   Parasitism and Infectious Diseases 
  15   Competition 
  16   Mutualism 
Part V: Communities and Ecosystems
  17   Community Structure 
  18   Community Succession 
19   Movement of Energy in Ecosystems 
20   Movement of Elements in Ecosystems 
Part VI: Global Ecology
  21   Landscape Ecology and Global Biodiversity 
  22   Conservation of Global Biodiversity 
Appendices
Reading Graphs 
Statistical Tables 
Answers to “Analyzing Ecology” and “Graphing the Data” 
Glossary 
Index 

Authors

Rick Relyea

RICK RELYEA is the Director of the Darrin Fresh Water Institute at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He also serves as Director of the Jefferson Project at Lake George, a groundbreaking partnership between Rensselaer, IBM, and the FUND for Lake George. For the Jefferson Project, Rick leads a team of scientists, engineers, computer scientists, and artists who are using highly advanced science and technology to understand, predict, and enable resilient ecosystems.Together, the team has built the “Smartest Lake in the World” at Lake George (NY), using an intelligent sensor network, cutting-edge experiments, and advanced computer modeling. The research is currently expanding to other lakes in the region as The Jefferson Project builds the future of freshwater protection. From 1999 to 2014, Rick was at the University of Pittsburgh. In 2005, he was named the Chancellor’s Distinguished Researcher and in 2014 he received the Tina and David Bellet Award for Teaching Excellence. From 2007 to 2014, he also served as the director of the university’s field station, the Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology, where he oversaw a diverse set of ecological field courses and facilitated researchers from around the world. Rick has taught thousands of undergraduate students in introductory ecology, behavioral ecology, and evolution and nearly 200 undergraduate students have worked in his research group. He has published more than 170 peer-reviewed journal articles in Ecology, Ecology Letters, American Naturalist, Environmental Pollution, PNAS, and other leading ecological journals. His research is recognized throughout the world and spans a wide range of ecological and evolutionary topics, including animal behavior, sexual selection, ecotoxicology, disease ecology, community ecology, ecosystem ecology, and landscape ecology. Currently, his research focuses on aquatic habitats and the diverse species that live in these ecosystems. Rick is co-author on the best-selling Environmental Science for the AP Course, Third Edition.


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Teaching ecology through an evolutionary lens with an emphasis on data.

Ecology: The Economy of Nature
Succeed in your ecology course with this fascinating, clearly written text that combines the latest research with features that will help you increase your understanding of quantitative tools and analysis that ecologists use every day.

Online support through the Achieve platform combines the powerful multimedia resources for Ecology with an integrated eBook and a robust assessment library, creating an extraordinary new learning resource for you.

E-book

Read online (or offline) with all the highlighting and notetaking tools you need to be successful in this course.

Learn More

Table of Contents

About the Authors 
Preface 
 1   Introduction: Ecology, Evolution, and the Scientific Method 
Part I: Life and the Physical Environment
 2   Climates and Biomes
3  Adaptations to Aquatic Environments 
 4   Adaptations to Terrestrial Environments 
 5   Adaptations to Variable Environments 
Part II: Organisms
 6   Evolution and Adaptation 
 7   Life Histories 
 8   Reproductive Strategies 
 9   Social Behaviors 
Part III: Populations
  10   Population Distributions 
  11   Population Growth and Regulation 
  12   Population Dynamics Over Space and Time 
Part IV: Species Interactions
  13   Predation and Herbivory 
  14   Parasitism and Infectious Diseases 
  15   Competition 
  16   Mutualism 
Part V: Communities and Ecosystems
  17   Community Structure 
  18   Community Succession 
19   Movement of Energy in Ecosystems 
20   Movement of Elements in Ecosystems 
Part VI: Global Ecology
  21   Landscape Ecology and Global Biodiversity 
  22   Conservation of Global Biodiversity 
Appendices
Reading Graphs 
Statistical Tables 
Answers to “Analyzing Ecology” and “Graphing the Data” 
Glossary 
Index 

Rick Relyea

RICK RELYEA is the Director of the Darrin Fresh Water Institute at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He also serves as Director of the Jefferson Project at Lake George, a groundbreaking partnership between Rensselaer, IBM, and the FUND for Lake George. For the Jefferson Project, Rick leads a team of scientists, engineers, computer scientists, and artists who are using highly advanced science and technology to understand, predict, and enable resilient ecosystems.Together, the team has built the “Smartest Lake in the World” at Lake George (NY), using an intelligent sensor network, cutting-edge experiments, and advanced computer modeling. The research is currently expanding to other lakes in the region as The Jefferson Project builds the future of freshwater protection. From 1999 to 2014, Rick was at the University of Pittsburgh. In 2005, he was named the Chancellor’s Distinguished Researcher and in 2014 he received the Tina and David Bellet Award for Teaching Excellence. From 2007 to 2014, he also served as the director of the university’s field station, the Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology, where he oversaw a diverse set of ecological field courses and facilitated researchers from around the world. Rick has taught thousands of undergraduate students in introductory ecology, behavioral ecology, and evolution and nearly 200 undergraduate students have worked in his research group. He has published more than 170 peer-reviewed journal articles in Ecology, Ecology Letters, American Naturalist, Environmental Pollution, PNAS, and other leading ecological journals. His research is recognized throughout the world and spans a wide range of ecological and evolutionary topics, including animal behavior, sexual selection, ecotoxicology, disease ecology, community ecology, ecosystem ecology, and landscape ecology. Currently, his research focuses on aquatic habitats and the diverse species that live in these ecosystems. Rick is co-author on the best-selling Environmental Science for the AP Course, Third Edition.


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