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Table of Contents “...The nature of ecology -- Climate -- The aquatic environment -- The terrestrial environment -- Adaptation and natural selection -- Plant adaptations to the environment -- Animal adaptations to the environment -- Properties of populations -- Population growth -- Life history -- Intraspecific population regulation -- Species interactions, population dynamics, and natural selection -- Interspecific competition -- Predation -- Parasitism and mutualism -- Community structure -- Factors influencing the structure of communities -- Community dynamics -- Landscape dynamics -- Ecosystem energetics -- Decomposition and nutrient cycling -- Biogeochemical cycles -- Terrestrial ecosystems -- Aquatic ecosystems -- Coastal and wetland ecosystems -- Large-scale patterns of biological diversity -- The ecology of climate change....”
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Table of Contents “...1 Biology and Its Themes Show -- Unit 1 The Role of Chemistry in Biology -- Unit 2 Cell Biology -- Unit 3 The Genetic Basis of Life -- Unit 4 Evolution -- Unit 5 The Diversity of Life -- Unit 6 Plants: Structure and Function -- Unit 7 Animals: Structure and Function -- Unit 8 The Ecology of Life -- Appendix A Answers -- Appendix B Periodic Table of the Elements -- Appendix C The Metric System -- Appendix D A Comparison of the Light Microscope and the Electron Microscope -- Appendix E Classification of Life -- Appendix F Scientific Skills Review...”
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