Elements of Ecology 8th Edition, by Thomas M. Smith and Robert Leo Smith describes evolution theme and strong coverage of the relevance of ecology to everyday life and the human impact on ecosystems. This text features expanded quantitative exercises, a restructured chapter on life history, a thoroughly revised species interactions unit including a chapter introducing the subject, and a new chapter on species interactions.
To emphasize the dynamic and experimental nature of ecology, each chapter draws upon current research in the various fields of ecology while providing accessible examples that help you understand species natural history, specific ecosystems, the process of science, and ecological patterns at both an evolutionary and demographic scale.
To engage you in using and interpreting data, a wide variety of Quantifying Ecology boxes walk through step-by-step examples of equations and statistical technique. Field Studies discuss ecological research performed by young up-and-coming scientists, and challenge students to interpret the results of the featured research. Quantifying Ecology boxes help students develop the quantitative skills they need to interpret ecological data, research, and models.
Ecological Issues essays describe how humans influence the study of ecology. For example, the short essay “The Ecology of Antibiotic Resistance” discusses how antibiotic resistance is a result of natural selection. Each essay is followed by a set of critical thinking questions. Engaging introductions give students a “big picture” overview of the coming chapters in each of the eight parts of the book, so they can understand how various topics interrelate.
Revised study questions include more critical thinking exercises that engage students to make connections and apply their knowledge. Landscape Ecology chapter explores the role of disturbance in ecosystems. A substantially revised Chapter 1 emphasizes how ecologists study pattern and process across different levels in the hierarchy of ecological systems—from the individual organism to the biosphere.
Interpreting Ecological Data exercises, have been added to selected figures to help students test their understanding of graphs and data and to consider different outcomes. Suggested answers are provided. Revised art program includes 70 new color photos. Additional and expanded coverage of topics throughout the text, including water balance in plants, density-dependent population regulation, allometry and animal metabolism, long-term dynamics of decomposition, role of the rhizosphere in decomposition and nutrient cycling, and the relationship between species diversity and ecosystem productivity.
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