Ecology: The Economy of Nature (8th ed. 2018)

Now in its eighth edition, this landmark textbook has helped to define introductory ecology courses for over four decades.

With a dramatic transformation from previous editions, this text helps lecturers embrace the challenges and opportunities of teaching ecology in a contemporary lecture hall.

The text maintains its signature evolutionary perspective and emphasis on the quantitative aspects of the field, but it has been completely rewritten for today's undergraduates.

Modernised in a new streamlined format, from 27 to 23 chapters, it is manageable now for a one-term course.

Chapters are organised around four to six key concepts that are repeated as major headings and repeated again in streamlined summaries.

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