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About the Authorsricklefs7e_ch30_4.html5393025b757a2e094300000e
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Prefacericklefs7e_ch30_5.html5393025b757a2e094300000e
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Chapter 1ricklefs7e_ch1_1.html52693dae757a2ef635000000
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Ecological systems exist in a hierarchy of organizationricklefs7e_ch1_2.html52693dae757a2ef635000000
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Ecological systems are governed by physical and biological principlesricklefs7e_ch1_3.html52693dae757a2ef635000000
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Different organisms play diverse roles in ecological systemsricklefs7e_ch1_4.html52693dae757a2ef635000000
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Scientists use several approaches to studying ecologyricklefs7e_ch1_5.html52693dae757a2ef635000000
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Humans influence ecological systemsricklefs7e_ch1_6.html52693dae757a2ef635000000
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Summary of Chapter Conceptsricklefs7e_ch1_7.html52693dae757a2ef635000000
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Chapter 2ricklefs7e_ch2_1.html53167c5f757a2e8001000000
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Water has many properties favorable to lifericklefs7e_ch2_2.html53167c5f757a2e8001000000
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Animals and plants face the challenge of water and salt balancericklefs7e_ch2_3.html53167c5f757a2e8001000000
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The uptake of gases from water is limited by diffusionricklefs7e_ch2_4.html53167c5f757a2e8001000000
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Temperature limits the occurrence of aquatic lifericklefs7e_ch2_5.html53167c5f757a2e8001000000
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Summary of Chapter Conceptsricklefs7e_ch2_6.html53167c5f757a2e8001000000
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Graphing The Data: Determining Q₁₀ Values in Salmonricklefs7e_ch2_8.html53167c5f757a2e8001000000
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Chapter 3ricklefs7e_ch3_1.html53167ed3757a2e8001000001
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Most terrestrial plants obtain nutrients and water from the soilricklefs7e_ch3_2.html53167ed3757a2e8001000001
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Sunlight provides the energy for photosynthesisricklefs7e_ch3_3.html53167ed3757a2e8001000001
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Terrestrial environments pose a challenge for animals to balance water, salt, and nitrogenricklefs7e_ch3_4.html53167ed3757a2e8001000001
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Adaptations to different temperatures allow terrestrial life to exist around the planetricklefs7e_ch3_5.html53167ed3757a2e8001000001
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Summary of Chapter Conceptsricklefs7e_ch3_6.html53167ed3757a2e8001000001
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Graphing The Data: Relating Mass to Surface Area and Volumericklefs7e_ch3_8.html53167ed3757a2e8001000001
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Chapter 4ricklefs7e_ch4_1.html534b0c02757a2e7930000000
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Ecological systems and processes vary in time and spacericklefs7e_ch4_2.html534b0c02757a2e7930000000
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Environmental variation favors the evolution of variable phenotypesricklefs7e_ch4_3.html534b0c02757a2e7930000000
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Many organisms have evolved adaptations to variation in enemies, competitors, and matesricklefs7e_ch4_4.html534b0c02757a2e7930000000
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Many organisms have evolved adaptations to variable abiotic conditionsricklefs7e_ch4_5.html534b0c02757a2e7930000000
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Migration, storage, and dormancy are strategies to survive extreme environmental variationricklefs7e_ch4_6.html534b0c02757a2e7930000000
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Variation in food quality and quantity is the basis of optimal foraging theoryricklefs7e_ch4_7.html534b0c02757a2e7930000000
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Summary of Chapter Conceptsricklefs7e_ch4_8.html534b0c02757a2e7930000000
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Graphing The Data: The Foraging Behavior Of American Robinsricklefs7e_ch4_10.html534b0c02757a2e7930000000
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Chapter 5ricklefs7e_ch5_1.html534c37fc757a2eaf1f000002
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Earth is warmed by the greenhouse effectricklefs7e_ch5_2.html534c37fc757a2eaf1f000002
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There is an unequal heating of Earth by the Sunricklefs7e_ch5_3.html534c37fc757a2eaf1f000002
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The unequal heating of Earth drives air currents in the atmospherericklefs7e_ch5_4.html534c37fc757a2eaf1f000002
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Ocean currents also affect the distribution of climatesricklefs7e_ch5_5.html534c37fc757a2eaf1f000002
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Smaller-scale geographic features can affect regional and local climatesricklefs7e_ch5_6.html534c37fc757a2eaf1f000002
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Climate and the underlying bedrock interact to create a diversity of soilsricklefs7e_ch5_7.html534c37fc757a2eaf1f000002
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Summary of Chapter Conceptsricklefs7e_ch5_8.html534c37fc757a2eaf1f000002
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Graphing The Data: Precipitation in Mexico City, Quito, and La Pazricklefs7e_ch5_10.html534c37fc757a2eaf1f000002
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Chapter 6ricklefs7e_ch6_1.html534d473e757a2e9c4c000000
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Terrestrial biomes are categorized by their major plant growth formsricklefs7e_ch6_2.html534d473e757a2e9c4c000000
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There are nine categories of terrestrial biomesricklefs7e_ch6_3.html534d473e757a2e9c4c000000
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Aquatic biomes are categorized by their flow, depth, and salinityricklefs7e_ch6_4.html534d473e757a2e9c4c000000
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Summary Of Chapter Conceptsricklefs7e_ch6_5.html534d473e757a2e9c4c000000
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Graphing The Data: Creating a Climate Diagramricklefs7e_ch6_7.html534d473e757a2e9c4c000000
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Chapter 7ricklefs7e_ch7_1.html534e999c757a2ed44e000000
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The process of evolution depends on genetic variationricklefs7e_ch7_2.html534e999c757a2ed44e000000
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Evolution can occur through random processes or through selectionricklefs7e_ch7_3.html534e999c757a2ed44e000000
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Microevolution operates at the population levelricklefs7e_ch7_4.html534e999c757a2ed44e000000
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Macroevolution operates at the species level and higher levels of taxonomic organizationricklefs7e_ch7_5.html534e999c757a2ed44e000000
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Summary of Chapter Conceptsricklefs7e_ch7_6.html534e999c757a2ed44e000000
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Graphing The Data: Natural Selection on Finch Beaksricklefs7e_ch7_8.html534e999c757a2ed44e000000
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Chapter 8ricklefs7e_ch8_1.html5350095e757a2e2b08000000
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Life history traits represent the schedule of an organism’s lifericklefs7e_ch8_2.html5350095e757a2e2b08000000
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Life history traits are shaped by trade-offsricklefs7e_ch8_3.html5350095e757a2e2b08000000
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Organisms differ in the number of times that they reproduce, but they eventually become senescentricklefs7e_ch8_4.html5350095e757a2e2b08000000
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Life histories are sensitive to environmental conditionsricklefs7e_ch8_5.html5350095e757a2e2b08000000
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Summary of Chapter Conceptsricklefs7e_ch8_6.html5350095e757a2e2b08000000
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Graphing The Data: Lizard Offspring Number Versus Offspring Massricklefs7e_ch8_8.html5350095e757a2e2b08000000
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Chapter 9ricklefs7e_ch9_1.html5355d249757a2ef877000000
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Reproduction can be sexual or asexualricklefs7e_ch9_2.html5355d249757a2ef877000000
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Organisms can evolve as separate sexes or as hermaphroditesricklefs7e_ch9_3.html5355d249757a2ef877000000
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Sex ratios of offspring are typically balanced, but they can be modified by natural selectionricklefs7e_ch9_4.html5355d249757a2ef877000000
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Mating systems describe the pattern of mating between males and femalesricklefs7e_ch9_5.html5355d249757a2ef877000000
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Sexual selection favors traits that facilitate reproductionricklefs7e_ch9_6.html5355d249757a2ef877000000
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Summary of Chapter Conceptsricklefs7e_ch9_7.html5355d249757a2ef877000000
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Graphing The Data: Frequency-Dependent Selectionricklefs7e_ch9_9.html5355d249757a2ef877000000
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Chapter 10ricklefs7e_ch10_1.html535ac374757a2ed449000001
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Living in groups has costs and benefitsricklefs7e_ch10_2.html535ac374757a2ed449000001
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There are many types of social interactionsricklefs7e_ch10_3.html535ac374757a2ed449000001
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Eusocial species take social interactions to the extremericklefs7e_ch10_4.html535ac374757a2ed449000001
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Summary of Chapter Conceptsricklefs7e_ch10_5.html535ac374757a2ed449000001
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Graphing The Data: How Living in Groups Affects Predation Riskricklefs7e_ch10_7.html535ac374757a2ed449000001
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Chapter 11ricklefs7e_ch11_1.html535ac3c1757a2e484c000000
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The distribution of populations is limited to ecologically suitable habitatsricklefs7e_ch11_2.html535ac3c1757a2e484c000000
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Population distributions have five important characteristicsricklefs7e_ch11_3.html535ac3c1757a2e484c000000
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The distribution properties of populations can be estimatedricklefs7e_ch11_4.html535ac3c1757a2e484c000000
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Population abundance and density are related to geographic range and adult body sizericklefs7e_ch11_5.html535ac3c1757a2e484c000000
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Dispersal is essential to colonizing new areasricklefs7e_ch11_6.html535ac3c1757a2e484c000000
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Many populations live in distinct patches of habitatricklefs7e_ch11_7.html535ac3c1757a2e484c000000
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Summary of Chapter Conceptsricklefs7e_ch11_8.html535ac3c1757a2e484c000000
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Graphing The Data: An Ideal Free Distributionricklefs7e_ch11_10.html535ac3c1757a2e484c000000
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Chapter 12ricklefs7e_ch12_1.html535ac598757a2eed4e000001
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Under ideal conditions, populations can grow rapidlyricklefs7e_ch12_2.html535ac598757a2eed4e000001
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Populations have growth limitsricklefs7e_ch12_3.html535ac598757a2eed4e000001
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Population growth rate is influenced by the proportions of individuals in different age, size, and life history classesricklefs7e_ch12_4.html535ac598757a2eed4e000001
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Graphing The Data: Survivorship Curvesricklefs7e_ch12_7.html535ac598757a2eed4e000001
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Chapter 13ricklefs7e_ch13_1.html535ac487757a2e6b51000000
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Populations fluctuate naturally over timericklefs7e_ch13_2.html535ac487757a2e6b51000000
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Density dependence with time delays can cause populations to be inherently cyclicricklefs7e_ch13_3.html535ac487757a2e6b51000000
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Chance events can cause small populations to go extinctricklefs7e_ch13_4.html535ac487757a2e6b51000000
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Metapopulations are composed of subpopulations that can experience independent population dynamics across spacericklefs7e_ch13_5.html535ac487757a2e6b51000000
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Graphing The Data: Exploring the Equilibrium of the Basic Metapopulation Modelricklefs7e_ch13_8.html535ac487757a2e6b51000000
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Chapter 14ricklefs7e_ch14_1.html535ac4bb757a2ef04e000000
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Predators and herbivores can limit the abundance of populationsricklefs7e_ch14_2.html535ac4bb757a2ef04e000000
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Populations of consumers and consumed populations fluctuate in regular cyclesricklefs7e_ch14_3.html535ac4bb757a2ef04e000000
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Predation and herbivory favor the evolution of defensesricklefs7e_ch14_4.html535ac4bb757a2ef04e000000
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Graphing The Data: The Functional Response Of Wolvesricklefs7e_ch14_7.html535ac4bb757a2ef04e000000
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Chapter 15ricklefs7e_ch15_1.html527417d9757a2ed623000000
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Many different types of parasites affect the abundance of host speciesricklefs7e_ch15_2.html527417d9757a2ed623000000
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Parasite and host dynamics are determined by the parasite’s ability to infect the hostricklefs7e_ch15_3.html527417d9757a2ed623000000
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Parasite and host populations commonly fluctuate in regular cyclesricklefs7e_ch15_4.html527417d9757a2ed623000000
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Parasites have evolved offensive strategies while hosts have evolved defensive strategiesricklefs7e_ch15_5.html527417d9757a2ed623000000
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Graphing The Data: Time Series Dataricklefs7e_ch15_8.html527417d9757a2ed623000000
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Chapter 16ricklefs7e_ch16_1.html535ac620757a2e4c4c000000
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Competition occurs when individuals experience limited resourcesricklefs7e_ch16_2.html535ac620757a2e4c4c000000
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The theory of competition is an extension of logistic growth modelsricklefs7e_ch16_3.html535ac620757a2e4c4c000000
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The outcome of competition can be altered by abiotic conditions, disturbances, and interactions with other speciesricklefs7e_ch16_4.html535ac620757a2e4c4c000000
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Competition can occur through exploitation or direct interference, or it may be apparent competitionricklefs7e_ch16_5.html535ac620757a2e4c4c000000
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Summary of Chapter Conceptsricklefs7e_ch16_6.html535ac620757a2e4c4c000000
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Graphing The Data: Competition for a Shared Resourcericklefs7e_ch16_8.html535ac620757a2e4c4c000000
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Chapter 17ricklefs7e_ch17_1.html538e49b9757a2ed37e000002
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Mutualisms can improve the acquisition of water, nutrients, and places to livericklefs7e_ch17_2.html538e49b9757a2ed37e000002
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Mutualisms can aid in defense against enemiesricklefs7e_ch17_3.html538e49b9757a2ed37e000002
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Mutualisms can facilitate pollination and seed dispersalricklefs7e_ch17_4.html538e49b9757a2ed37e000002
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Mutualisms can change when conditions changericklefs7e_ch17_5.html538e49b9757a2ed37e000002
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Mutualisms can affect communitiesricklefs7e_ch17_6.html538e49b9757a2ed37e000002
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Summary of Chapter Conceptsricklefs7e_ch17_7.html538e49b9757a2ed37e000002
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Graphing The Data: Ecosystem Function Of Fungiricklefs7e_ch17_9.html538e49b9757a2ed37e000002
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Chapter 18ricklefs7e_ch18_1.html538f16f5757a2e8221000000
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Communities can have distinct or gradual boundariesricklefs7e_ch18_2.html538f16f5757a2e8221000000
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The diversity of a community incorporates both the number and relative abundance of speciesricklefs7e_ch18_3.html538f16f5757a2e8221000000
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Species diversity is affected by resources, habitat diversity, keystone species, and disturbancericklefs7e_ch18_4.html538f16f5757a2e8221000000
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Communities are organized into food websricklefs7e_ch18_5.html538f16f5757a2e8221000000
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Communities respond to disturbances with resistance, with resilience, or by switching among alternative stable statesricklefs7e_ch18_6.html538f16f5757a2e8221000000
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Summary of Chapter Conceptsricklefs7e_ch18_7.html538f16f5757a2e8221000000
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Graphing The Data: Log-Normal Distributions and Rank-Abundance Curvesricklefs7e_ch18_9.html538f16f5757a2e8221000000
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Chapter 19ricklefs7e_ch19_1.html539062f9757a2e116b000006
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Succession occurs in a community when species replace each other over timericklefs7e_ch19_2.html539062f9757a2e116b000006
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Succession can occur through different mechanismsricklefs7e_ch19_3.html539062f9757a2e116b000006
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Succession does not always produce a single climax communityricklefs7e_ch19_4.html539062f9757a2e116b000006
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Summary of Chapter Conceptsricklefs7e_ch19_5.html539062f9757a2e116b000006
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Graphing The Data: Species Richness at Glacier Bayricklefs7e_ch19_7.html539062f9757a2e116b000006
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Chapter 20ricklefs7e_ch20_1.html53906331757a2e126b000003
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Primary productivity provides energy to the ecosystemricklefs7e_ch20_2.html53906331757a2e126b000003
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Net primary productivity differs among ecosystemsricklefs7e_ch20_3.html53906331757a2e126b000003
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The movement of energy depends on the efficiency of energy flowricklefs7e_ch20_4.html53906331757a2e126b000003
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Summary of Chapter Conceptsricklefs7e_ch20_5.html53906331757a2e126b000003
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Graphing The Data: Npp Versus the Total Primary Productivity of Ecosystemsricklefs7e_ch20_7.html53906331757a2e126b000003
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Chapter 21ricklefs7e_ch21_1.html53906361757a2e116b000007
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The hydrologic cycle moves many elements through ecosystemsricklefs7e_ch21_2.html53906361757a2e116b000007
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The carbon cycle is closely tied to the movement of energyricklefs7e_ch21_3.html53906361757a2e116b000007
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Nitrogen cycles through ecosystems in many different formsricklefs7e_ch21_4.html53906361757a2e116b000007
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The phosphorus cycle moves between land and waterricklefs7e_ch21_5.html53906361757a2e116b000007
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In terrestrial ecosystems, most nutrients regenerate in the soilricklefs7e_ch21_6.html53906361757a2e116b000007
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In aquatic ecosystems, most nutrients regenerate in the sedimentsricklefs7e_ch21_7.html53906361757a2e116b000007
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Summary of Chapter Conceptsricklefs7e_ch21_8.html53906361757a2e116b000007
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Graphing The Data: The Decomposition of Organic Matterricklefs7e_ch21_10.html53906361757a2e116b000007
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Chapter 22ricklefs7e_ch22_1.html53906390757a2e136b000004
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Landscape ecology examines ecological patterns and processes at large spatial scalesricklefs7e_ch22_2.html53906390757a2e136b000004
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The number of species increases with arearicklefs7e_ch22_3.html53906390757a2e136b000004
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The equilibrium theory of island biogeography incorporates both area and isolationricklefs7e_ch22_4.html53906390757a2e136b000004
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On a global scale, biodiversity is highest near the equator and declines toward the polesricklefs7e_ch22_5.html53906390757a2e136b000004
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The distribution of species around the world is affected by Earth’s historyricklefs7e_ch22_6.html53906390757a2e136b000004
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Summary of Chapter Conceptsricklefs7e_ch22_7.html53906390757a2e136b000004
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Graphing The Data: Species Accumulation Curvesricklefs7e_ch22_9.html53906390757a2e136b000004
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Chapter 23ricklefs7e_ch23_1.html539063b7757a2e8c0e000002
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The value of biodiversity arises from social, economic, and ecological considerationsricklefs7e_ch23_2.html539063b7757a2e8c0e000002
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Although extinction is a natural process, its current rate is unprecedentedricklefs7e_ch23_3.html539063b7757a2e8c0e000002
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Human activities are causing the loss of biodiversityricklefs7e_ch23_4.html539063b7757a2e8c0e000002
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Conservation efforts can slow or reverse declines in biodiversityricklefs7e_ch23_5.html539063b7757a2e8c0e000002
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Summary of Chapter Conceptsricklefs7e_ch23_6.html539063b7757a2e8c0e000002
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Review Questionsricklefs7e_ch23_7.html539063b7757a2e8c0e000002
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Graphing The Data: Stacked Bar Graphsricklefs7e_ch23_8.html539063b7757a2e8c0e000002
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Appendix 1ricklefs7e_ch24_1.html53926344757a2e604e000000
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Appendix 2ricklefs7e_ch25_1.html5392fef1757a2e1c3a000007
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Chi-Square (ᵪ²) Distribution Tablericklefs7e_ch25_2.html5392fef1757a2e1c3a000007
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Z-Distribution Tablericklefs7e_ch25_3.html5392fef1757a2e1c3a000007
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Appendix 3ricklefs7e_ch26_1.html5393003c757a2e0a43000002
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Appendix 4ricklefs7e_ch27_1.html5393008a757a2e614e000000
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Appendix 5ricklefs7e_ch28_1.html539300c8757a2e1c3a000008
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Appendix 6ricklefs7e_ch29_1.html539300d8757a2e487500000c
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