![]() Contemporary and engaging, this text brings clarity and specificity to the study of ecology in the twenty-first century. Also, a final chapter entitled "Statistical Thinking for Students of Ecology" provides a quantitative synthesis to the field of statistics. ![]() In keeping with a greater temporal/spatial approach to ecology, new chapters in landscape ecology, regional ecology, and global ecology have been added building on the levels-of-organization hierarchy. The text retains its classic holistic approach to ecosystem science, but incorporates and integrates an evolutionary approach as well. This Fifth Edition of FUNDAMENTALS OF ECOLOGY is co-authored by Odum's protege Gary Barrett and represents the last academic text Odum produced. OdumThe concept of the ecosystem is and should be a broad one. by Eugene Pleasants Odum, Eugene Odum, and Gary W. ![]() ![]() FUNDAMENTALS OF ECOLOGY was first published in 1953 and was the vehicle Odum used to educate a wide audience about ecological science. 1953Principles and Concepts Pertaining to the Ecosystem and Biogeochemical Cycles 234 Eugene P. An edition of Fundamentals of ecology (1953) Fundamentals of ecology 2d ed. ![]() The late Eugene Odum was a pioneer in systems ecology and is credited with bringing ecosystems into the mainstream public consciousness as well as into introductory college instruction. ![]()
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