TY - BOOK AU - Smith, T. M. TI - Elements of ecology SN - 9781292077413 U1 - 577 SMI-E PY - 2007/// CY - Noida PB - Pearson KW - Science / Life Sciences / Ecology, Ecology -- Textbooks -- Study and teaching (Higher) N1 - 1. The Nature of Ecology I. THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT 2. Climate 3. The Aquatic Environment 4. The Terrestrial Environment II. THE ORGANISM AND ITS ENVIRONMENT 5. Ecological Genetics: Adaptation and Natural Selection 6. Plant Adaptations to the Environment 7. Animal Adaptations to the Environment III. POPULATIONS 8. Properties of Populations 9. Population Growth 10. Life History 11. Intraspecific Population Regulation 12. Metapopulations IV. SPECIES INTERACTIONS 13. Species Interactions, Population Dynamics and Natural Selection 14. Interspecific Competition 15. Predation 16. Parasitism and Mutualism V. COMMUNITY ECOLOGY 17. Community Structure 18. Factors Influencing the Structure of Communities 19. Community Dynamics 20. Landscape Ecology VI. ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY 21. Ecosystem Energetics 22. Decomposition and Nutrient Cycling 23. Biogeochemical Cycles VII. BIOGEOGRAPHICAL ECOLOGY 24. Terrestrial Ecosystems 25. Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems 26. Land-Water Margins 27. Large-scale Patterns of Biological Diversity VIII. HUMAN ECOLOGY 28. Population Growth, Resource Use, and Sustainability 29 Global Climate Change UR - https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Elements_of_Ecology/7E_LxeeAFcsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=ELEMENTS+OF+ECOLOGY&printsec=frontcover ER -