Ecology 2nd Edition by Michael L. Cain, William D. Bowman and Sally D. Hacker presents challenges to providing students with the most current information available. For some time now, instructors have been calling for a textbook that offers just the right balance of subject matter emphasis, clearly presented concepts, and engaging, fresh examples.
Ecology authored by ecologists who each have more than 10 years experience teaching the subject is that book. To aid students in integrating material across the levels at which ecology is studied, the book is structured so that they are always reminded of connections among levels of the ecological hierarchy (from individuals to populations to communities to ecosystems) and links to evolution, a unifying theme for all of ecology.
As instructors we all dream of the perfect ecology textbook and I compliment Cain, Bowman, and Hacker on making their ideal text a reality. This textbook provides a gateway to attract student interest and many ways to encourage the learning of ecology. The authors have produced a clear, engaging, and beautifully illustrated undergraduate textbook on ecology.
This is a carefully prepared, eminently readable textbook that deserves full consideration for undergraduate ecology courses. The authors also had two major goals to provide the right emphasis with the right degree of difficulty, and to ensure integration of ecological functioning across multiple levels. Perhaps the reason the authors so fully achieve the right emphasis goal is their lack of achieving the less is more principle.
The abundance and diversity of examples within the book succeed in articulating common principles across multiple scales of view. These fascinating stories clearly reveal the connectedness of the world in which we live and the commonality of processes across multiple ecological scales. These two concepts are very important for students to not only know but to understand and be able to articulate.
A narrative presentation style ensures that the content is well-integrated and flows, while the case study recapitulation at the end of the chapter brings student learning full circle. This book s straight-forward, captivating style of presentation should lead students to a more sophisticated level of comprehension.
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