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Ecology: The Economy of Nature takes students through all of the key concepts of an ecology course. It challenges them along the way with questions that encourage critical thinking, whether about chapter concepts, quantitative tools, or figures.
For the 10th edition, the publisher has created stand-alone chapters on Global Climates (Chapter 2) and Global Climate Change (Chapter 3). These chapters provide the foundation for students to understand subsequent discussions of global change that is now woven into all of the subsequent chapters. They have also added an emphasis on the diversity of ecologists in the world by featuring more research of underrepresented groups in STEM and adding lots of photos of researchers so students can see a wide diversity of people doing the science of ecology. Finally, with the recent growth in merging Western science and Indigenous knowledge, they have also included a new emphasis on ecological research that teaches students about the unmatched, long-term contributions of Indigenous peoples that is increasingly informing our science
Features of the text include:
- Chapter-Opening Case Studies foreshadow the concepts of each chapter while also conveying the dynamic nature of ecology as a modern science in which discoveries continue to be made today.
- Ecology Today: Applying the Concepts boxes provide examples of applied ecology that bring together the major concepts of the chapter and present questions to demonstrate their practical importance in a variety of arenas, including human health, conservation, and managing our environment.
- Working with Ecological Data boxes teach statistical and data analysis tools that ecologists use every day; “Your turn” questions require students to practice using the tools they’ve learned.
- Graphing the Data Activities, Found at the end of each chapter, give students additional practice with quantitative skills, particularly with creating and interpreting graphs.
- Global Change icons point to discussions of global-scale topics, critical to a modern approach to ecology. This brings to the forefront how real ecological issues impact students’ daily lives.
Content Updates in the ninth edition:
- Questions added to Ecology Today boxes require students to digest what they've learned and apply concepts from the chapter to the closing story. These are designed to spark classroom discussion as well.
- Increased number of questions in Working with Ecological Data boxes require students to make calculations and draw graphs.
- Expanded Ecological Problem Solving boxes require students to graph data and answer questions, create hypotheses of their own.
- New figure questions -- five in each chapter -- require students to think about the figures.
- All chapters have been updated with new studies/research, while maintaining the classical studies ecologists refer to.
About the Author
Preface
1 An Introduction to Ecology
Part I: Climates, Climate Change, and Biomes
2 Global Climates
3 Global Climate Change
4 Terrestrial and Aquatic Biomes
Part II: Adaptations to Environments
5 Evolutionary Ecology
6 Adaptations to Aquatic Environments
7 Adaptations to Terrestrial Environments
8 Adaptations to Variable Environments
Part III: Life Histories, Reproductive Strategies, and Social Behaviors
9 Life Histories
10 Reproductive Strategies
11 Social Behaviors
Part IV: Populations
12 Population Distributions
13 Population Growth and Regulation
14 Population Dynamics over Time and Space
Part V: Species Interactions
15 Predation and Herbivory
16 Parasitism and Infectious Diseases
17 Competition
18 Mutualism
Part VI: Communities and Ecosystems
19 Community Structure: Biodiversity and Food Webs
20 Community Succession
21 Energy Flow in Ecosystems
22 Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems
Part VII: Global Ecology
23 Landscape Ecology and Global Biodiversity
24 Conservation of Global Biodiversity
Appendices
Reading Graphs
Statistical Tables
Answers to Working with Ecological Data
Glossary
Index
Rick Relyea is the David Darrin Senior ‘40 Endowed Chair in Biological Sciences and the director of the Darrin Freshwater Institute at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 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 200 scientific articles and book chapters and presented research seminars throughout the world. Rick was a professor at the University of Pittsburgh for 15 years, where he was named the Chancellor’s Distinguished Researcher and received the Tina and David Bellet Teaching Excellence Award. In 2014, he moved to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to direct The Jefferson Project, which is the most technologically advanced research endeavor to study freshwater lakes. 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.