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Ecology: The Economy of Nature

Ninth Edition| ©2021 Rick Relyea

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Teaching ecology through an evolutionary lens with an emphasis on data.

Available for the first time with Macmillan's new online learning tool, Achieve, Ecology: The Economy of Nature takes students through all of the key concepts of an ecology course. It challenges them along the way with questions that encourage critical thinking, whether about chapter concepts, quantitative tools, or figures.

Achieve for Ecology: The Economy of Nature connects the interactive features and real-world examples in the book to rich digital resources that foster further understanding and application of ecology. Assets in Achieve support learning before, during, and after class for students, while providing instructors with class performance analytics in an easy-to-use interface.

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  • Online Homework Questions and Assessments contain hints, answer-specific feedback, and solutions designed to guide students as they study ecology and provide instructors with immediate feedback on student performance.
  • Tutorial Videos provide an office-hour-like experience for students on the most difficult concepts in ecology. Tutorial videos can also be assigned in Achieve with assessment so students may check their understanding.
  • LearningCurve’s Adaptive Quizzing puts the concept of "testing to learn" into action, motivating students to engage with the text's content to identify areas of proficiency. Easy-to-use reporting tools help teachers pinpoint areas to focus on in class.

Features of the text include:

  • Chapter-Opening Case Studies foreshadow the concepts of each chapter while also conveying the dynamic nature of ecology as a modern science in which discoveries continue to be made today.
  • Ecology Today: Applying the Concepts boxes provide examples of applied ecology that bring together the major concepts of the chapter and present questions to demonstrate their practical importance  in a variety of arenas, including human health, conservation, and managing our environment.
  • Working with Ecological Data boxes teach statistical and data analysis tools that ecologists use every day; “Your turn” questions require students to practice using the tools they’ve learned.
  • Graphing the Data Activities, Found at the end of each chapter, give students additional practice with quantitative skills, particularly with creating and interpreting graphs.
  • Global Change icons point to discussions of global scale topics, critical to a modern approach to ecology. This brings to the forefront how real ecological issues impact students’ daily lives.

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  • An interactive e-book, powered by VitalSource.
  • Interactive  student resources offer additional practice including Graphing the Data Activities and Working with Ecological Data boxes.

Content Updates in the Ninth Edition

  • Questions added to Ecology Today boxes require students to digest what they’ve learned and apply concepts from the chapter to the closing story. These are designed to spark classroom discussion as well.
  • Increased number of questions in Working with Ecological Data boxes require students to make calculations and draw graphs.
  • Expanded Ecological Problem Solving boxes require students to graph data and answer questions, create hypotheses of their own.
  • New figure questions -- five in each chapter -- require students to think about the figures.
  • All chapters have been updated with new studies/research, while maintaining the classical studies ecologists refer to.
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Table of Contents

About the Authors 
Preface 
 1   Introduction: Ecology, Evolution, and the Scientific Method 
Part I: Life and the Physical Environment
 2   Climates and Biomes
3  Adaptations to Aquatic Environments 
 4   Adaptations to Terrestrial Environments 
 5   Adaptations to Variable Environments 
Part II: Organisms
 6   Evolution and Adaptation 
 7   Life Histories 
 8   Reproductive Strategies 
 9   Social Behaviors 
Part III: Populations
  10   Population Distributions 
  11   Population Growth and Regulation 
  12   Population Dynamics Over Space and Time 
Part IV: Species Interactions
  13   Predation and Herbivory 
  14   Parasitism and Infectious Diseases 
  15   Competition 
  16   Mutualism 
Part V: Communities and Ecosystems
  17   Community Structure 
  18   Community Succession 
19   Movement of Energy in Ecosystems 
20   Movement of Elements in Ecosystems 
Part VI: Global Ecology
  21   Landscape Ecology and Global Biodiversity 
  22   Conservation of Global Biodiversity 
Appendices
Reading Graphs 
Statistical Tables 
Answers to “Analyzing Ecology” and “Graphing the Data” 
Glossary 
Index 
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Rick Relyea is the David Darrin Senior ‘40 Endowed Chair in Biological Sciences and the director of the Darrin Freshwater Institute at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He received a BS in environmental forest biology from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, an MS in wildlife management from Texas Tech University, and a PhD in ecology and evolution from the University of Michigan. He has authored more than 200 scientific articles and book chapters and presented research seminars throughout the world. Rick was a professor at the University of Pittsburgh for 15 years, where he was named the Chancellor’s Distinguished Researcher and received the Tina and David Bellet Teaching Excellence Award. In 2014, he moved to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to direct The Jefferson Project, which is the most technologically advanced research endeavor to study freshwater lakes. Rick has a strong interest in high school education, including hosting high school science teachers who conduct research in his laboratory. He is co-author of Environmental Science for the AP® Course, also published by BFW publishers.

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