{"product_id":"ecology-isbn-9781119279358","title":"Ecology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA definitive guide to the depth and breadth of the ecological sciences, revised and updated\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe revised and updated fifth edition of \u003ci\u003eEcology: From Individuals to Ecosystems\u003c\/i\u003e – now in full colour – offers students and practitioners a review of the ecological sciences. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe previous editions of this book earned the authors the prestigious ‘Exceptional Life-time Achievement Award’ of the British Ecological Society – the aim for the fifth edition is not only to maintain standards but indeed to enhance its coverage of Ecology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the first edition, 34 years ago, it seemed acceptable for ecologists to hold a comfortable, objective, not to say aloof position, from which the ecological communities around us were simply material for which we sought a scientific understanding. Now, we must accept the immediacy of the many environmental problems that threaten us and the responsibility of ecologists to play their full part in addressing these problems. This fifth edition addresses this challenge, with several chapters devoted entirely to applied topics, and examples of how ecological principles have been applied to problems facing us highlighted throughout the remaining nineteen chapters. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNonetheless, the authors remain wedded to the belief that environmental action can only ever be as sound as the ecological principles on which it is based. Hence, while trying harder than ever to help improve preparedness for addressing the environmental problems of the years ahead, the book remains, in its essence, an exposition of the \u003ci\u003escience\u003c\/i\u003e of ecology. This new edition incorporates the results from more than a thousand recent studies into a fully up-to-date text. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten for students of ecology, researchers and practitioners, the fifth edition of \u003ci\u003eEcology: From Individuals to Ecosystems \u003c\/i\u003eis anessential reference to all aspects of ecology and addresses environmental problems of the future. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Ecology and its Domain xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Organisms in their Environments: the Evolutionary Backdrop 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Conditions 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Resources 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Matters of Life and Death 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Intraspecific Competition 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Movement and Metapopulations 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Life History Ecology and Evolution 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Interspecific Competition 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Nature of Predation 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Population Dynamics of Predation 320\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Decomposers and Detritivores 357\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Parasitism and Disease 378\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Facilitation: Mutualism and Commensalism 416\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Abundance 453\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Pest Control Harvesting and Conservation 477\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Community Modules and the Structure of Ecological Communities 522\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Food Webs 544\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Patterns in Community Composition in Space and Time 572\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Patterns in Biodiversity and their Conservation 603\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Flux of Energy through Ecosystems 647\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The Flux of Matter through Ecosystems 678\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Ecology in a Changing World 708\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 743\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrganism Index 798\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index 812\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMICHAEL BEGON, P\u003csmall\u003eH\u003c\/small\u003eD,\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Ecology in the Department of Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour at the University of Liverpool. He specialises in the ecology of infectious diseases in wildlife populations, focusing on diseases transmissible to humans.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCOLIN R. TOWNSEND,\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus and Founding Director of the Ecology, Conservation and Biodiversity Research Group of Otago University. 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