Contemporary and engaging, this text brings clarity and specificity to the study of ecology in the twenty-first century. Also, a final chapter entitled "Statistical Thinking for Students of Ecology" provides a quantitative synthesis to the field of statistics. In keeping with a greater temporal/spatial approach to ecology, new chapters in landscape ecology, regional ecology, and global ecology have been added building on the levels-of-organization hierarchy. The text retains its classic holistic approach to ecosystem science, but incorporates and integrates an evolutionary approach as well. This Fifth Edition of FUNDAMENTALS OF ECOLOGY is co-authored by Odum's protege Gary Barrett and represents the last academic text Odum produced. Basic ecological principles and concepts Introduction: the scope of ecology Principles and concepts pertaining to the ecosystem Principles and concepts pertaining to energy in ecological. In keeping with a greater temporal/spatial approach to ecology. FUNDAMENTALS OF ECOLOGY was first published in 1953 and was the vehicle Odum used to educate a wide audience about ecological science. This Fifth Edition of FUNDAMENTALS OF ECOLOGY is co-authored by Odum's protege Gary Barrett and represents the last academic text Odum produced. The late Eugene Odum was a pioneer in systems ecology and is credited with bringing ecosystems into the mainstream public consciousness as well as into introductory college instruction.
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