{"product_id":"first-ecology-ecological-principles-and-enviromental-issues-0199298084-used","title":"First Ecology: Ecological Principles and Enviromental Issues","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0199298084\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Beeby, Alan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst Ecology: Ecological Principles and Environmental Issues provides a critical and evaluative introduction to the science of ecology. Alan Beeby and Anne-Maria Brennan present a succinct survey of ecology, describing and explaining the relationship between living organisms and their environment.In sequence, First Ecology develops the core themes of ecology at each level of organization - subcellular, population, ecosystem, landscape, and planetary. Understanding this hierarchy - and the interplay between these levels - is crucial to the environmental decisions our species faces at the start of the twenty-first century.Distinctive Features- Assumes little background knowledge and leads students gradually into the subject to build understanding, making it ideal for students from a range of disciplines.- Detailed examples and case studies build on principles introduced in the text, thus allowing students to see ecological techniques in action.- An Online Resource Center (password protected) offers instructors a virtual field course comprised of exercises using real data to assist and enrich students' time in the field; figures from the book, available to download to facilitate lecture preparation; PowerPoint slides introducing key concepts, supported with integrated figures from the book; and answers to exercises provided in the book. For students, the site provides hyperlinks to the primary literature cited in the book, and a web link library of all the URLs included in the book, together with additional web links on specific topics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52343421763872,"sku":"USED0199298084","price":51.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61KUC54LvmL.jpg?v=1789194949","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/first-ecology-ecological-principles-and-enviromental-issues-0199298084-used","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}