Abiotic component
Adaptation
Agriculture
Bacteria
Biodiversity
Biodiversity loss
Biological interaction
Biological pest control
Biology
Biomass
Biomass (ecology)
Biome
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Climate change
Competition
Conservation biology
Coral reef
Deforestation
Density dependence
Ecological niche
Ecology
Ecosystem
Ecosystem services
Environmental factor
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Eutrophication
Evolution
Fertilizer
Fishery
Food chain
Food web
Foraging
Fungus
Gene flow
Genetic drift
Genotype
Grazing
Greenhouse gas
Habitat destruction
Habitat fragmentation
Herbivore
Insect
Interspecific competition
Invasive species
Mammal
Metabolism
Metapopulation
Microorganism
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Mutualism (biology)
Natural selection
Nitrogen
Nutrient
Organism
Pathogen
Phenotype
Photosynthesis
Pollution
Population dynamics
Population growth
Population size
Predation
Primary production
Requirement
Soil
Speciation
Taxon
Terrestrial ecosystem
Trade-off
Trophic level
Vegetation
Vertebrate
Product details
- ISBN 9780691156040
- Weight: 1673g
- Dimensions: 203 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 30 Sep 2012
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Princeton Guide to Ecology is a concise, authoritative one-volume reference to the field's major subjects and key concepts. Edited by eminent ecologist Simon Levin, with contributions from an international team of leading ecologists, the book contains more than ninety clear, accurate, and up-to-date articles on the most important topics within seven major areas: autecology, population ecology, communities and ecosystems, landscapes and the biosphere, conservation biology, ecosystem services, and biosphere management. Complete with more than 200 illustrations (including sixteen pages in color), a glossary of key terms, a chronology of milestones in the field, suggestions for further reading on each topic, and an index, this is an essential volume for undergraduate and graduate students, research ecologists, scientists in related fields, policymakers, and anyone else with a serious interest in ecology.
* Explains key topics in one concise and authoritative volume * Features more than ninety articles written by an international team of leading ecologists * Contains more than 200 illustrations, including sixteen pages in color * Includes glossary, chronology, suggestions for further reading, and index * Covers autecology, population ecology, communities and ecosystems, landscapes and the biosphere, conservation biology, ecosystem services, and biosphere management
Simon A. Levin is the George M. Moffett Professor of Biology and a professor of ecology and environmental biology at Princeton University, where he directs the Center for BioComplexity. He is the author, editor, or coeditor of many books, including the Encyclopedia of Biodiversity. Among his many awards are the Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences, the Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences, the Margalef Award for Ecology, and the Eminent Ecologist Award from the Ecological Society of America.
