Ecology and Behavior - Softcover

Starr, Cecie; Taggart, Ralph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534379443 ISBN 13: 9780534379445

Publisher: Brooks Cole, 2000

This brief and specialized text was designed for general non-major biology courses, and includes population ecology, communities, ecosystems, biosphere, human impact on the biosphere, and animal behavior. Excerpted from the authors' best-selling and respected book, BIOLOGY: THE UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF LIFE, Ninth Edition covers Unit VII, ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR also contains a customized table of contents and the back matter (the glossary, the index, etc.) from the larger book.

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About the Author:

For the past two decades, Cecie Starr has been known as one of the best-selling biology textbook authors. Her texts, appreciated for their clarity in both the written word and the visual representation of biological concepts, include multiple editions of BIOLOGY: THE UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF LIFE, BIOLOGY: CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS, and BIOLOGY TODAY AND TOMORROW. Her original dream was to become an architect. Instead of building houses, she now builds, with care and attention to detail, incredible texts based on this philosophy: "I invite students into a chapter through an intriguing story. Once inside, they get the great windows that biologists construct on the world of life. Biology is not just another house. It is a conceptual mansion. I hope to do it justice."

Review:

UNIT VII: PRINCIPLES OF ECOLOGY. 44. Population Ecology. 45. Community Structure and Biodiversity. 46. Ecosystems. 47. The Biosphere. 48. Human Impacts on the Biosphere. APPENDICES. A1. Classification System. A2. How to Read a Journal Article. A3. Answers to Self-Quizzes and Genetics Problems. A4. Units of Measure. GLOSSARY.

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