General Ecology (Second Edition)

Author: Shang Yuchang
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Publishing Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book is a summary of the author's decades of teaching and research work. It is divided into two parts—Theoretical Ecology and Applied Ecology—with a total of seven chapters: Introduction; Individual Ecology; Population Ecology; Community Ecology; Ecosystem Ecology; Types and Functions of Global Ecosystems; Global Ecology. This book is an expanded and revised version of the author's previous works. In addition to the last two chapters being newly added, other supplementary content includes chapters on Biology and Climate; Plants' Protection Against Ultraviolet Radiation; Plants' Adaptation to Floods; Biodiversity of Soil Organisms; Biology and Nutrients; The Relationship Between Biological Activity Cycles and the Environment; The Relationship Between Organisms; Meta-populations and Their Models; Population Genetics and Speciation; Applied Population Ecology; Periodic Changes of Communities and Island Communities, etc. Some of the content covered has not yet been addressed in domestic textbooks or monographs. The book contains approximately 800,000 words and includes 229 illustrations, making it suitable as a general ecology textbook for comprehensive universities, normal universities, and agricultural and forestry colleges.