Conservation starts off by looking at conservation, ecology, and science and describing how they relate to each other. It then examines populations and how they may change in relationship to movement and the size of suitable habitat available, covering also processes that lead to extinction. Other topics include interactions among different species and the processes through which ecological communities are created. Ecosystems are treated next with a look at their relationship to human wellbeing. Finally, the text examines different human attitudes towards nature, including those of indigenous people, and different conservation strategies.
Book
William D. Bowman and Sally D. Hacker
Ecology starts off with an introduction to the ‘web of
life’. The rest of the text is composed of seven units. Unit 1 looks at
organisms and their environment. Unit 2 is about evolutionary ecology and includes
behavioural ecology. The next unit looks at populations: population distribution,
dynamics, and growth. Then the text turns to species interactions which includes
predation, parasitism, competition, mutualism, and commensalism. Communities are
considered next. What are communities? How do they change? What does species
diversity mean? The sixth unit examines ecosystems. The final unit looks at
conservation biology, landscape ecology, and global ecology.
Book
Michel J. Kaiser, Martin J. Attrill, Simon Jennings, David N. Thomas, David K. A. Barnes, Andrew S. Brierley, Nicholas A. J. Graham, Jan Geert Hiddink, Kerry L. Howell, and Hermanni Kaartokallio
Marine Ecology introduces key processes and systems that form the marine environment and considers the issues and challenges that surround its future. After providing a general overview of marine ecology, it delves into the diverse systems that compose the marine environment, such as seabeds and the polar regions, and case studies. The book starts by looking at patterns in the marine environment before considering primary production processes. It also looks at microbial production and the decomposition of organic material, secondary production, estuaries, and rocky and sandy shores. After that, the text moves on to consider pelagic ecosystems, the continental shelf seabed, the deep sea, and mangrove forests and seagrass meadows. Coral reefs, polar regions, and fisheries are also covered. The text also considers aquaculture, pollution, disturbance, and environmental monitoring. Finally, the text finishes with a discussion on conservation, climate change, and sea and society.
