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Comparative Ecology of Microorganisms and Macroorganisms (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2017)
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Comparative Ecology of Microorganisms and Macroorganisms (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2017)
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This second edition textbook offers an expanded conceptual
synthesis of microbial ecology with plant and animal ecology.
Drawing on examples from the biology of microorganisms and
macroorganisms, this textbook provides a much-needed
interdisciplinary approach to ecology. The focus is the individual
organism and comparisons are made along six axes: genetic
variation, nutritional mode, size, growth, life cycle, and
influence of the environment. When it was published in 1991, the
first edition of Comparative Ecology of Microorganisms and
Macroorganisms was unique in its attempt to clearly compare
fundamental ecology across the gamut of size. The explosion of
molecular biology and the application of its techniques to
microbiology and organismal biology have particularly demonstrated
the need for interdisciplinary understanding. This updated and
expanded edition remains unique. It treats the same topics at
greater depth and includes an exhaustive compilation of both the
most recent relevant literature in microbial ecology and
plant/animal ecology, as well as the early research papers that
shaped the concepts and theories discussed. Among the completely
updated topics in the book are phylogenetic systematics, search
algorithms and optimal foraging theory, comparative metabolism, the
origins of life and evolution of multicellularity, and the
evolution of life cycles. From Reviews of the First Edition: "John
Andrews has succeeded admirably in building a bridge that is
accessible to all ecologists." -Ecology "I recommend this book to
all ecologists. It is a thoughtful attempt to integrate ideas from,
and develop common themes for, two fields of ecology that should
not have become fragmented." -American Scientist "Such a synthesis
is long past due, and it is shameful that ecologists (both big and
little) have been so parochial." -The Quarterly Review of Biology
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