Essentials of Ecology

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Essentials of Ecology FIFTH EDITION G. TYLER MILLER, JR. SCOTT E. SPOOLMAN Australia • Brazil • Japan • Korea • Mexico • Singapo ...

Essentials of Ecology, 5e G. Tyler Miller, Jr. and Scott E. Spoolman Vice President, Editor-in-Chief: Michelle Julet Publisher: ...

v Brief Contents Detailed Contents vii Preface for Instructors xv Learning Skills 1 HUMANS AND SUSTAINABILITY: AN OVERVIEW 1 Env ...

About the Cover Photo Scarlet Macaw This strikingly beautiful parrot species lives in the subtropical forests in Central and Sou ...

vii Learning Skills 1 HUMANS AND SUSTAINABILITY: AN OVERVIEW 1 Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability 5 CORE C ...

viii 2-4 What Is Energy and How Can It Be Changed? 40 2-5 What Are Systems and How Do They Respond to Change? 44 SCIENCE FOCUS T ...

ix 4-4 How Do Speciation, Extinction, and Human Activities Affect Biodiversity? 86 SCIENCE FOCUS We Have Developed Two Ways to C ...

x 6-3 How Does a Population’s Age Structure Affect Its Growth or Decline? 130 6-4 How Can We Slow Human Population Growth? 133 C ...

xi 8-5 How Have Human Activities Affected Freshwater Ecosystems? 179 CASE STUDY Inland Wetland Losses in the United States 179 R ...

xii 10-4 How Should We Manage and Sustain Parks and Nature Reserves? 234 CASE STUDY Stresses on U.S. Public Parks 234 SCIENCE FO ...

xiii 11-4 How Should We Protect and Sustain Wetlands? 265 INDIVIDUALS MATTER Restoring a Wetland 266 CASE STUDY Can We Restore t ...

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xv What’s New In this edition, we build on proven strengths of past editions with the following major new features: ■ New concep ...

xvi illustrate this subtheme are Figures 1-3 (p. 8), 8-4 (p. 165), and 10-4 (p. 217). ■ Natural capital degradation. We describe ...

xvii graphs or maps in the book’s Supplements (see pp. S7, S14, and S27). ■ Research Frontier boxes list key areas of cutting- e ...

xviii Other student learning tools include: ■ Essential Study Skills for Science Students by Daniel D. Chiras. This book include ...

xix and Nicole Barone, copy editor Andrea Fincke, layout expert Bonnie Van Slyke, photo researcher Abigail Reip, artist Patrick ...