Essentials of Ecology

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Essentials of Ecology

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• Essentials of Ecology, 3rd Edition
• Townsend, Begon, Harper
• March 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
• ISBN 978-1-4051-5658-5

Website http//www.blackwellpublishing.com/townse
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About the Authors

• Colin R. Townsend is the Director of the Ecology,
  Conservation and Biodiversity Research Group at
  the University of Otago. He has published over
  150 ecology papers and books, including the
  best-selling and award-winning Ecology, 4th
  Edition, with co-authors Michael Begon and John
  L. Harper. He is also co-editor of the
  international journal Freshwater Biology.
• Michael Begon (University of Liverpool) (animal
  population ecology)
• John L. Harper (University of Exeter) (plant
  population biology)

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• Colin R. Townsend (University of Otago)
  (conservation biologist)
• Michael Begon is Professor of Ecology in the
  School of Biological Sciences at the University
  of Liverpool. He has authored several books in
  addition to Ecology and around 150 research
  articles. His current research interests are
  focused on the population ecology of pathogens in
  wildlife populations.
• John L. Harper is an award-winning biologist and
  a leading figure in plant population biology. He
  has served as a council member of the Fellowship
  of the Royal Society and received the Darwin
  Arward in 1990. He is also the author of
  Population Biology of Plants and a co-author of
  Ecology.

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Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Part I Introduction (??)
• Part II Conditions and Resources (?????)
• Part III Individuals, Populations, Communities
  and Ecosystems (?????????????)
• Part IV Applied Issues in Ecology (?????)
• References
• Index

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Contents

• Part I Introduction
• 1. Ecology and how to do it (??)
• 2. Ecology