The classic introductory text offers a balanced survey of Ecology. It is best known for its vivid examples from natural history, comprehensive coverage of evolution and quantitative approach. Due to popular demand, the fifth edition update brings twenty new data analysis modules that introduce students to ecological data and quantitative methods used by ecologists. It supplemen...(展开全部)

This classic introductory text is best known for its vivid examples fromnatural history, comprehensive coverage of evolution, and quantitative approach. The Sixth Edition builds on the book's hallmark features: its strong evolutionary focus, its breadth and diverse set of examples, its extensive coverage of behavioral ecology, and a thorough presentation of population ecology.

This concise and accessible introduction offers a broad and balanced view of all the major aspects of ecology, from the ecosystem and evolution to population and community. Full of vivid examples from natural history, the Fifth Edition of The Economy of Nature blends the major principles and concepts of natural history with the idea of ecology as a practical science that confro...(展开全部)

本书的英文版The Economy of Nature是美国最有名、使用最广泛的生态学教材之一。该教材按生命与自然环境、生态系统、生物体、种群、种间相互作用、群落和生态学应用7部分编写。作者在这本生态学入门书中始终贯彻3个原则：有扎实的博物学知识基础，生物体是生态学的基本单位，进化论思想居生态学研究的中心地位。全书很好地平衡了理论与实验研究和生态模式的经验事例，不仅在第25和26章专门介绍了应用生态学，而且几乎在每章介绍基本原理时，都使用应用性很强的事例。作者特别强调人类活动对于各种生态系统过程的影响和破坏，并明确指出：人类持续生存的关键是人类与生物圈建立其持续的相互作用，也就是要保护好生物圈和生态系统的种种生态过程，所以要学习好生态学。　　该书编排精心，重点突出，正文中安插了175个建立新概念用的技巧块，帮助说明基础概念和数学模型。例如“生态学家在...(展开全部)

Reissued on the tenth anniversary of its publication, this classic work on our environmental crisis features a new introduction by the author, reviewing both the progress and ground lost in the fight to save the earth. This impassioned plea for radical and life-renewing change is today still considered a groundbreaking work in environmental studies. McKibben's argument that th...(展开全部)

In every way, this book is a fresh and daring perspective on the natural world and those that live in it. By removing colour from the visual element, the viewer is encouraged to interact directly with each image on a subjective level and to take from it a uniquely personal experience. The text is in caption format, and helps create a multilayered work that hints at both poetry ...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

This pathbreaking Encyclopedia is the very first fully refereed A-Z compendium of the main principles, concepts, problems, institutions, schools and policies associated with political economy. Based on developments in political economy since the 1960s, it is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to the field as well as being an authoritative reference work. Undergra...(展开全部)