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100	1		_aRees, Paul A.
245	1	0	_aExamining ecology _h[electronic resource] : _bexercises in environmental biology and conservation / _cPaul A Rees.
260			_aSan Diego, CA : _bAcademic Press, _c2018.
300			_a1 online resource.
505	0		_aCh. 1. Biodiversity and taxonomy ch. 2. Abiotic factors and ecophysiology ch. 3. Ecosystems, energy and nutrients ch. 4. Determining abundance and distribution ch. 5. Population growth ch. 6. Species interactions ch. 7. Behavioral ecology and ecological genetics ch. 8. Environmental pollution and perturbations ch. 9. Conservation biology ch. 10. Statistics ch. 11. Multiple choice questions ch. 12. Answers to exercises and multiple choice tests.
520			_aExamining Ecology: Exercises in Environmental Biology and Conservation explains foundational ecological principles using a hands-on approach that features analyzing data, drawing graphs, and undertaking practical exercises that simulate field work. The book provides students and lecturers with real life examples to demonstrate basic principles. The book helps students, instructors, and those new to the field learn about the principles of ecology and conservation by completing a series of problems. Prior knowledge of the subject is not assumed; the work requires users to be able to perform simple calculations and draw graphs. Most of the exercises in the book have been used widely by the author's own students over a number of years, and many are based on real data from published research. Exercises are succinct with a broad number of options, which is a unique feature among similar books on this topic. The book is primarily intended as a resource for students, academics, and instructors studying, teaching, and working in zoology, ecology, biology, wildlife conservation and management, ecophysiology, behavioural ecology, population biology and ecology, environmental biology, or environmental science. Students will be able to progress through the book attempting each exercise in a logical sequence, beginning with basic principles and working up to more complex exercises. Alternatively they may wish to focus on specific chapters on specialist areas, e.g., population dynamics. Many of the exercises introduce students to mathematical methods (calculations, use of formulae, drawing of graphs, calculating simple statistics). Other exercises simulate fieldwork projects, allowing users to 'collect' and analyze data which would take considerable time and effort to collect in the field. Facilitates learning about the principles of ecology and conservation biology through succinct, yet comprehensive real-life examples, problems, and exercisesFeatures authoritatively and consistently written foundational content in biodiversity, ecophysiology, behavioral ecology, and more, as well as abundant and diverse cases for applied useFunctions as a means of learning ecological and conservation-related principles by 'doing', e.g., by analyzing data, drawing graphs, and undertaking practical exercises that simulate field work, and moreFeatures approximately 150 photos and figures created and produced by the author.
650		7	_aApplied ecology. _2sears
650		7	_aConservation biology. _2sears
650		7	_aEcology. _2sears
856			_uhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1Aq8xgtEQ6mUjwHARuXaeX0uQBwgEcrqT/view?usp=sharing
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