The Ecological World View - Softcover

Krebs, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520254791 ISBN 13: 9780520254794

Publisher: University of California Press, 2008

Synopsis

This new textbook fills an important niche by offering a lively overview of the principles of ecology for a broad audience including college level science and biology students as well as readers interested in the fundamentals of ecological science. Filled with many vivid examples of topic issues and current events, The Ecological World View develops a basic understanding of how the natural world works and of how humans interact with the planet's natural ecosystems. It briefly and lucidly covers the history of ecology and describes the general approaches of the scientific method, then takes a wide-ranging look at basic principles of population dynamics and applies them to everyday practical problems. Each chapter is devoted to an important environmental story that has been covered in the media in order to illustrate how the science works in real situations.

About this title

About the Author:

Charles Krebs is Emeritus Professor of Zoology at the University of British Columbia and Professor in Ecology at the Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra. He is author of Ecology: the Experimental Analysis of Distribution and Abundance (fifth edition) and Ecological Methodology (second edition), among other books.

Review:

“A lively overview . . . that can be used to teach both science majors and non-science majors at the college level. . . . Written in a nontechnical language, yet it covers the history of ecology and its scientific methodology accurately and lucidly.” (Gary W. Barrett Bioscience 2009-04-01)

“Provides clear explanations of the major ideas in ecology.” (Ben Steele, Nicholas Baer, and Charles Kellogg Ecology 2009-02-01)

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0520254791
• ISBN 13: 9780520254794
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 592