Ecology, fifth edition, is an easy-to-read and well-organised text for instructors and students to explore the basics of ecology. It provides comprehensive yet concise coverage of fundamental ecological principles with attention to relevant issues including climate change, spread of invasive species, and pollution.

New to this Edition

• 15 new Case Study Videos, narrated by the author, that bring stories and applications to life.
• New Self-Assessment questions at the end of each major section provide students with immediate feedback, facilitating participation and increasing retention of key concepts.
• Sequenced Images allow students to work through complex figures step-by-step.
• Learning Objectives help students understand the most important takeaways from each chapter
• Enlivened art program, with roughly 25-50% of photos replaced.
• Carefully updated examples and chapter content to reflect changes in the field.
• Increased coverage of marine ecology, and microbes and microbial examples.
• A new list of Health Connections highlighting human health examples in the book.

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1. The Web of Life
Unit 1: Organisms and Their Environment
2. The Physical Environment
3. The Biosphere
4. Coping with Environmental Variation: Temperature and Water
5. Coping with Environmental Variation: Energy
Unit 2: Evolutionary Ecology
6. Evolution and Ecology
7. Life History
8. Behavioral Ecology
Unit 3: Populations
9. Population Distribution and Abundance
10. Population Dynamics
11. Population Growth and Regulation
Unit 4: Species Interactions
12. Predation
13. Parasitism
14. Competition
15. Mutualism and Commensalism
Unit 5: Communities
16. The Nature of Communities
17. Change in Communities
18. Biogeography
19. Species Diversity in Communities
Unit 6: Ecosystems
20. Production
21. Energy Flow and Food Webs
22. Nutrient Supply and Cycling
Unit 7: Applied and Large-Scale Ecology
23. Conservation Biology
24. Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Management
25. Global Ecology
Appendix: Some Metric Measurements Used in Ecology

William D. Bowman - Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Director of the Mountain Research Station at the University of Colorado, Boulder. 

Sally D. Hacker - Professor of Integrative Biology at Oregon State University, Corvallis.

The following resources are available for students using Ecology, fifth edition, for their course:

• Chapter Outlines
• Case Study Videos

The following resources are available for lecturers who prescribe Ecology, fifth edition, for their course:

• Figures (JPEG)
• Figure Slides (PPT)
• Lecture Slides (PPT)
• Hands-On Problems with Answers (PPTs)
• Hands-On Problems with Answers (Word)
• Online Analyzing Data with Answers (Word)
• Case Study Videos
• Test Bank with Chapter Quizzes
• Alt Text for Figures and Tables (Word)

For more information about these resources please contact your Oxford Learning Resource Consultant.

"Ecology is a well-structured and sufficiently detailed introductory exposure to the field of ecology, with excellent supporting materials to enable a quantitative understanding of the fundamentals of ecology." - Brian Benscoter, Florida Atlantic University

"A great ecology text with all the major concepts introduced and clear examples needed to give undergraduates a solid background in ecology." - Stephen Conrad, Indiana Wesleyan University

"Ecology is an easy-to-ready text that is engaging for students and has broad coverage of the topics that are central to ecology." - Blaine Griffen, Brigham Young University

"Ecology presents material in a very effective way, while also bringing in lots of real world literature and captivating examples." - Patrick Cain, George Gwinnett College