TY - BOOK AU - Molles,Manuel C. TI - Ecology: concepts and applications SN - 9780073532493 AV - QH541 .M553 2013 U1 - 577 MOL 23 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Ecology N1 - Includes index N2 - Overview: Ecology: Concepts and Applications by Molles places great 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 other ecology texts ER -