Ecology

This best-selling undergraduate ecology text continues to present ecology as a series of problems for students to critically analyse. No other text presents analytical, quantitative, and statistical ecological information in an equally accessible style. Reflecting the way ecologists actually practice, the book emphasises the role of experiments in testing ecological ideas and discusses many contemporary and controversial problems related to distribution and abundance. Throughout the text, Krebs thoroughly explains the application of mathematical concepts in ecology while reinforcing these concepts with research references, examples, and interesting end-of-chapter review questions. Thoroughly updated with new examples and references, the text now features a new full-colour design and is accompanied by an art CD-ROM for instructors, a Companion Website for students, and a subscription to The Biology Place. *NEW Thoroughly updated, the book includes new chapters on disease ecology and the human impact on ecosystem health. *NEW The Fifth Edition introduces a four-color format that draws students into the material in contrast to the two-color format of most competing texts. *NEW The