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050			_aQH541 _bM73 2019
100			_925677 _aMolles, Manuel C. Jr. _eauthor
245			_aEcology : _bconcepts and applications / _cManuel C. Molles, Jr., Anna A. Sher.
250			_aEighth edition.
260			_aNew York, NY : _bMcGraw-Hill Education, _cc2019.
300			_axx, 572 pages : _billustrations ; _c28 cm
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
500			_aIncludes appendices and glossary.
500			_a"Printed in the Philippines."--Copyright page.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aIntroduction to ecology: Historical foundations and developing frontiers -- Section I: Natural history and evolution -- Life on land -- Life in water -- Population genetics and natural selection -- Section II: Adaptations to the environment -- Temperature relations -- Water relations -- Energy and nutrient relations -- Social relations -- Section III: Population ecology -- Population distribution and abundance -- Population dynamics -- Population growth -- Life histories -- Section IV: Interactions -- Species interactions and competition -- Exploitative interactions: predation, herbivory, parasitism, and disease -- Mutualism -- Section V: Communities and ecosystems -- Species abundance and diversity -- Species interactions and community structure -- Primary and secondary production -- Nutrient cycling and retention -- Succession and stability -- Section VI: Large-scale ecology -- Landscape ecology -- Geographic ecology -- Global ecology -- Appendix A Investigating the evidence -- Appendix B Statistical tables.
520			_a"The lesser long-nosed bat, Leptonycteris yerbabuenae, on the cover is feeding on nectar in a flower of a saguaro cactus, Carnegiea gigantea. Saguaro flowers open only at night, emitting a sweet melon-like odor that attracts the bats. As a bat feeds on the nectar, pollen of the saguaro flower collects on its fur. This pollen will be carried to other saguaro flowers, pollinating them as the bat feeds. Lesser long-nosed bats also feed on the fruits of saguaro cactus and spread the seeds contained in their feces, dispersing the offspring of the cactus in the process. This is an example of a mutually beneficial relationship between bat and cactus. The bat provides ecological services to the cactus in the form of pollination and seed dispersal and in return the bat receives good in the form of nectar and fruit, completing an evolutionary pact between the species. Winter temperatures limit the northern distributions of both lesser long-nosed bats and saguaro cactus. Saguaros find their northern limits in the deserts of southern Arizona, where they can survive the mild winters. Lesser long-nosed bats are more widely distributed across the southwestern United States, occurring in the southern parts of Arizona, California, and New Mexico, where they feed on other cactus and agaves. However, the winter temperatures in these areas would be lethal to them so they migrate south, where they are found from western Mexico as far south as Central America. Studies of the relationships between organisms and their environments, both physical and biological, such as the mutualistic relationship between the lesser long-nosed bat and saguaro cactus, are central to the science we call ecology. This book was written to provide a conceptual foundation that will prepare the reader to appreciate the intricate connections weaving all organisms and their environments into a vast web of ecological interactions."--Back cover.
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650		0	_91442 _aEcology
700			_926957 _aSher, Anna A. _eauthor
856			_uhttp://library.cvsu.edu.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=5d26f5af2bdd6cb2688d09090a06616e _yClick here to view the table of contents
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