Fundamentals of Ecology
Fundamentals of Ecology
Fundamentals of Ecology
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Want more? Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! Gene Odum completed a Ph.D. in zoology with a major in ecology from the University of Illinois and served a year as resident naturalist at the Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve in Rensselaerville, N.Y. He obtained the initial grant from the Atomic Energy Commission that established the
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. In 1970, the year he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, Odum gained statewide fame for demonstrating the economic value of Georgia¿s undeveloped wetlands and thereby helping amass political support for the Coastal Marshlands Protection Act. Gene Odum is the recipient of the highest honors
given in ecology ¿ the Prix de l¿Institut de la Vie and the Crafoord Prize. Gary W. Barrett is Odum Professor of Ecology at the Institute of Ecology at the University of Georgia. He received a B.S. in Biology from Oakland City University (1961), a M.S. in Biology from Marquette University (1963), and a Ph.D. in Zoology/Ecology from the University of
Georgia (1967). He served as Director of the Institute of Ecology from 1994 through 1996. He was founder of the Institute of Environmental Sciences and the Ecology Research Center at Miami University. He is the author of five books and over 150 publications in major scientific journals and has received 42 grants totaling more than 2 million
dollars. He was Ecology Program Director with the National Science Foundation from 1981-1983 and has served on or chaired numerous committees within the American Institute of Biological Sciences, the Ecological Society of America, the American Society of Mammalogists, the United States International Association for Landscape Ecology, the
International Association for Ecology, and the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences. Barrett is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1990). Barrett has served in leadership roles in numerous organizations including the Applied Ecology Section of the Ecological Society of America, American
Institute of Biological Sciences, the United States Section of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, and the Association for Ecosystem Research Centers.
He received the AIBS Presidential Citation Award in 2000 in recognition of leadership and contributions to the Biological Sciences and the prestigious Distinguished Landscape Ecologist Award in 2001 from the United States Section of the International Association for Landscape Ecology. Want more? Advanced embedding details, examples, and help!
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University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Michael Begon Population Biology Research Group, School of Biological Sciences The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK John L. Harper Professor Emeritus in the University of Wales Visiting Professor in the University of Exeter, Exeter, UK 9781405156585_1_pre.qxd 11/5/07 14:39 Page iii © 2008 by
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l ‘Quantitative aspects’ boxes set aside mathematical and quantitative aspects of ecology so they do not unduly interfere with the flow of the text and so you can consider them at leisure. l ‘Topical ECOncerns’ boxes highlight some of the applied problems in ecology, particularly those where there is a social or political dimension (as there often is). In
these, you will be challenged to consider some ethical questions related to the knowledge you are gaining. An important further feature of the book is the companion internet web site, e.cology, accessed through www.blackwellpublishing.com and linked to the companion site of our big book, Ecology. This provides an easy-to-use range of resources to
aid study and enhance the content of the book. Features include self-assessment multiple choice questions for each chapter in the book, an inter- active tutorial to help students to understand the use of mathematical modeling in ecology, and high-quality images of the figures in the book that teachers can use in preparing their lectures or lessons.
Preface xi 9781405156585_1_pre.qxd 11/5/07 14:39 Page xi xii I t is a pleasure to record our gratitude to the people who helped with the planning and writing of this book. Going back to the first edition, we thank Bob Campbell and Simon Rallison for getting the original enterprise off the ground and Nancy Whilton and Irene Herlihy for ably
managing the project; and for the second edition, Nathan Brown (Blackwell, US) and Rosie Hayden (Blackwell, UK) for making it so easy for us to take this book from manuscript into print. For this third edition, we especially thank Nancy Whilton and Elizabeth Frank in Boston for persuading us to pick up our pens again (not literally) and Rosie
Hayden, again, and Jane Andrew and Ward Cooper for seeing us through production. We are also grateful to the following colleagues who provided insightful reviews of early drafts of one or more chapters. For the first edition, Tim Mousseau (University of South Carolina), Vickie Backus (Middlebury College), Kevin Dixon (Arizona State University,
West), James Maki (Marquette University), George Middendorf (Howard University), William Ambrose (Bates College), Don Hall (Michigan State University), Clayton Penniman (Central Connecticut State University), David Tonkyn (Clemson University), Sara Lindsay (Scripps Institute of Oceanography), Saran Twombly (University of Rhode Island),
Katie O’Reilly (University of Portland), Catherine Toft (UC Davis), Bruce Grant (Widener University), Mark Davis (Macalester College), Paul Mitchell (Staffordshire University, UK) and William Kirk (Keele University, UK); and for the second, James Cahill (University of Alberta), Liane Cochrane-Stafira (Saint Xavier University), Hans deKroon
(University of Nijmegen), Jake Weltzin (University of Tennessee at Knoxville) and Alan Wilmot (University of Derby, UK). For this edition, our long-time mentor and collaborator John Harper has stepped from the treadmill to more fully enjoy his retirement. We owe him a special debt of gratitude that extends far beyond the past co-authorship of this
book into all aspects of our lives as ecologists. Last, and perhaps most, we are glad to thank our wives and families for con- tinuing to support us, listen to us, and ignore us, precisely as required – thanks to Laurel, Dominic, Jenny, Brennan and Amelie, and to Linda, Jessi and Rob. The publisher would like to thank Denis Saunders, from CSIRO, for use
of the image in part 4 of the book. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Acknowledgments 9781405156585_1_pre.qxd 11/5/07 14:39 Page xii PART ONE Introduction 1 | Ecology and how to do it 3 2 | Ecology’s evolutionary backdrop 36 9781405156585_4_001.qxd 11/5/07 14:40 Page 1 9781405156585_4_001.qxd 11/5/07 14:40 Page 2 Copyright © 2017 TUXDOC
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