Product Description

Now in its fourth edition, this text continues to present ecology as a series of problems for students to analyze critically. The author emphasizes the role of experiments in testing ecological ideas, discusses many contemporary, controversial problems, and explains all mathematical concepts of ecology and reinforces concepts with research references and chapter-ending review questions. This edition has been updated and reviewed by experts in the field to feature coverage of the emerging areas of behavioural and physiolgical ecology and a more in-depth discussion of population genetics, mutualism and succession. It also includes a new two-colour format, four-colour insert, and new features to aid learning.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #602919 in Books
• Published on: 1994-01-30
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 686 pages

About the Author

Charles Krebs is Professor of Zoology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and has been teaching for 40 years. He received his B.S. from the University of Minnesota and earned both his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia. In addition to teaching ecology, he has worked extensively on the population of rodents in Northern Canada, the United States, and Australia, trying to understand the mechanisms behind population fluctuations. He has published three ecology textbooks including Ecology: The Experimental Analysis of Distribution and Abundance, Fifth Edition and Ecological Methodology, Second Edition both published by Benjamin Cummings.

Customer Reviews

Essential Reading for Ecology
This book writes out the underlying principles for Ecology and is best used as an undergraduate text book and postgraduate and beyonds reference book. The author has spelled out the principles of ecology with examples of scientific study that suggests the behaviour and natural order of plants and animals in the natural work.

I would recommend this as important reading for anyone studying natutral sciences, earth science, biology and others interested in Ecology and its fundamentals.