Ecology
Fifth Edition
William D. Bowman and Sally D. Hacker
Sinauer Associates is an imprint of Oxford University Press
The bestselling textbook for undergraduate ecology courses, Ecology is an easy-to-read and well-organized text for instructors and students to explore the basics of the field. Bowman and Hacker motivate students with an engaging case study-driven, conceptual approach that highlights relevant applications and data-driven examples. The new fifth edition is available in a dynamic and interactive Enhanced eBook at an affordable price.
New to this Edition:
- New media in an Enhanced eBook that makes Ecology's online resources more accessible to students, including:
- - Fifteen new Case Study Videos, narrated by the author, that bring stories and applications to life
- - New Self-Assessment questions at the end of each major section that provide students with immediate feedback, facilitating participation, and increasing retention of key concepts
- - Sequenced Images that allow students to work through complex figures step-by-step
- New learning objectives aimed at helping students understand the most important takeaways from each chapter
- An enlivened art program
- Carefully updated examples and chapter content to reflect changes in the field, including enhanced coverage of anthropogenic environmental change, marine ecology, and microbial examples
- Reorganization of the population biology chapters to better represent how and why populations vary in space and time