Ecology: The Economy of Nature

by Robert E. Ricklefs, Rick Relyea, Christoph Richter

With the recently published Seventh Edition of The Economy of Nature, the landmark text that helped define the introductory ecology course became the first textbook to fully embrace the challenges and opportunities of teaching ecology today. Now that acclaimed resource is available in a new version designed exclusively for Canadian instructors and students. The Economy of Nature, Seventh Canadian Edition maintains Robert Ricklefs signature evolutionary perspective and the latest editions dramatically updated pedagogy, and design, but this version focuses on a wide range of vivid examples from across Canada, as well as breakthrough research from Canadian scientists. It is an ideal way to communicate the fundamental ideas and high-impact relevance of the science of ecology in a Canadian classroom.

Genres: Ecology, Textbooks, Nonfiction, Science, Biology, School, Environment

656 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1973

Reviews

[Amos Tai · Rating 5 out of 5]

After quite some time I’ve finally finished this whole, highly recommended textbook of #Ecology #TheEconomyOfNature by #RickRelyea and #RobertRicklefs! 🌎

When I was an undergrad at MIT, I was fascinated by an ecology course, and for a long time I had wanted to become an ecologist. But I was told back then that molecular ecology was the future, so I spent two years working in a molecular marine lab pipetting solutions, extracting DNA, anxiously doing toxic electrophoresis, and manually decoding the genomic sequence of Cyanobacteria, only to discover that I was really not into molecular lab science and my road to ecology encountered a roadblock there. 🍂

Painstakingly I switched to environmental chemistry, then focusing on atmospheric chemistry and physics, finally finding my true passion in computation and data analytics. Along the way, though, I never gave up on ecology, constantly trying to find connections between life and the atmosphere. I gradually rediscovered this whole exciting emerging field of ecological and biogeochemical modeling that fit wonderfully with my interests and training in atmospheric and Earth system modeling. 🌲

Now, most of my papers, even though still focusing on air pollution and climate change, often address various aspects of ecosystems, vegetation and microbes. So I feel like I should go back to my root and re-study ecology, and perhaps I can at least become an amateur ecologist. 😉

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[Ida Sturkman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fick en halv stroke när jag läste den ibland. Tror de sa samma ord 6 gånger i en mening

[Kayla · Rating 4 out of 5]

For BIOL 2140: Principles of Ecology

This textbook had a lot of basic ecology and biology information in it such as: mutualism, predator-prey relationships, succession, biomes, etc. Lots of examples and the book came with premade PowerPoints that my professor used.