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Ecology: The Economy of Nature (Canadian Edition)

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Focused on the relevance of the science of ecology within a Canadian classroom, Ecology: The Economy of Nature maintains an evolutionary perspective while utilizing a wide range of vivid examples from across Canada in conjunction with breakthrough research from Canadian scientists.

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Robert E. Ricklefs

ROBERT E. RICKLEFS is Curators Professor of Biology at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1995. His teaching at Missouri, and previously at the University of Pennsylvania, has included courses in introductory and advanced ecology, biogeography, evolution, and biological statistics. Bob’s research has addressed a broad range of topics in ecology and evolutionary biology, from the adaptive significance of life-history traits of birds, to island biogeography and the community relationships of birds, herbivorous insects, and forest trees. In particular, he has championed the importance of recognizing the impact of large-scale processes on local ecological assemblages of species. Bob has published in numerous journals including Science, Nature, PNAS, Evolution, Ecology, Ecology Letters, and the American Naturalist. His contributions have been recognized by honorary doctorates from the Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium), Aarhus University (Denmark), and the University of Burgundy (France). He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences of the United States. Bob published the first edition of The Economy of Nature in 1976 and was joined by Rick Relyea with the seventh edition.

Rick Relyea

Rick Relyea is the inaugural director of the Johnny Morris Institute of Fisheries, Wetlands and Aquatic Systems and an endowed professor in the School of Natural Resources at the University of Missouri. He received a BS in environmental forest biology from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, an MS in wildlife management from Texas Tech University, and a PhD in ecology and evolution from the University of Michigan. He has authored more than 220 scientific articles and book chapters and presented research seminars throughout the world.

Rick was a professor at the University of Pittsburgh for 15 years (1999–2014), where he was named the Chancellor’s Distinguished Researcher and received the Tina and David Bellet Teaching Excellence Award. From 2007–2014, he also served as Pitt’s director of the Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology. In 2014, he moved to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and served as director of the Darrin Freshwater Institute.

Rick has a strong interest in high school education, including hosting high school science teachers who conduct research in his laboratory. He is co-author of Environmental Science for the AP® Course, also published by BFW Publishers.

Christoph Richter

Christoph Richter is Lecturer in the Department of Biology at the University of Toronto – Mississauga, where he has been on the faculty since 2011. He began his teaching career in 2002 at Queen’s University, where he was recognized for his excellence in teaching. Since then, he has taught undergraduate courses on many topics including animal behaviour, vertebrate biology, marine mammalogy, biological diversity, introductory ecology, and statistics. He strives to engage students by making course content meaningful and by demonstrating the dynamic nature of scientific research. His teaching has taken him from the Arctic to the Gulf of Maine.

Christoph earned a M.Sc. from Memorial University of Newfoundland and a Ph.D. from Otago University, New Zealand. His research focused on the impacts of human activities, such as fishing, whale watching, and oil exploration, on the behaviour of cetaceans. He studied humpback whales, harbour porpoises and sperm whales off Newfoundland and New Zealand and in the Bay of Fundy and the Gulf of Mexico.

Christoph’s current research focuses on improving pedagogical performance. He is studying how opinion and knowledge of evolutionary concepts change throughout the undergraduate programme and what factors influence student academic success.