TY - BOOK AU - Molles, Manuel C TI - Ecology: : Concepts and Applications SN - 9780071317894 PY - 2013/// CY - New York : PB - McGraw-Hill , KW - Ecology KW - Botany N1 - Inclued Appendix 527-530p.; Glossary 531-540p.; References 541-551p.; Index 553-567p N2 - This introductory general ecology text features a strong emphasis on helping students grasp the main concepts of ecology while keeping the presentation more applied than theoretical. An evolutionary perspective forms the foundation of the entire discussion. The book begins with the natural history of the planet, considers portions of the whole in the middle chapters, and ends with another perspective of the entire planet in the concluding chapter. Its unique organization of focusing only on several key concepts in each chapter sets it apart from the competition ER -