Manuel C. Molles, Jr. Ecology: Concepts and Applications, 3e
1. The scientific method Figure TA 1.1
2. Air circulation Figure 2.4
3. Rain forest climate Figure 2.7a
4. Hot/cold desert climate Figure 2.7b,c
5. Temperate grassland climate Figure 2.25
6. The Palmer Drought Severity Index Figure 2.40
7. Hydrologic cycle Figure 3.2
8. Kelp forests & coral reefs Figure 3.12
9. Stream continuum Figure 3.34
10. Lake temperature changes Figure 3.38
11. Temperature and photosynthesis Figure 4.10
12. Heat exchange Figure 4.14
13. Countercurrent heat exchange Figure 4.25
14. Circulatory system and thermoregulation & Figure 4.27
15. Water potential gradient Figure 5.6
16. Mechanisms of water movement Figure 5.7
17. Water gains and losses Figure 5.8
18. Freshwater osmoregulation Figure 5.30
19. Stable isotopes & identifying water sources Figure 5.31
20. C3 photosynthesis Figure 6.4
21. C4 photosynthesis Figure 6.5
22. CAM photosynthesis Figure 6.6
23. Hydrogen sulfide Figure 6.17
24. Photosynthetic response curves Figure 6.20
25. Guppy greenhouse experiment Figure 7.4
26. Guppy field experiment Figure 7.5
27. Scorpionfly male removal experiment Figure 7.11
28. Lion rank & cubs sired Figure 7.22
29. Ant & mole rat sociality Figure 7.27
30. Regression analysis for heritability assessment Figure T.A. 8.1
31. Chuckwalla laboratory growth Figure 8.10
32. Natural selection Figure 8.15
33. Hardy-Weinberg equation Figure 8.14
34. Potentilla common garden experiment Figure 8.26
35. Gel electrophoresis Figure 8.27
36. Three kinds of distributions Figure 9.10
37. Animal size & population density Figure 9.23
38. Extinction Figure 9.25
39. Sheep life table & survivorship curve Figure 10.2
40. Types of survivorship curves Figure 10.6
41. Seed net reproductive rate Table 10.1
42. Turtle net reproductive rate & generation time Table 10.2
43. Equation for geometric population growth Figure 11.2
44. Equations for exponential population growth Figure 11.4
45. Logistic equation for population growth Figure 11.13
46. Human age distributions Figure 11.26
47. Temporal perspectives on global population growth Figure 11.28
48. Seed mass & seed number Figure 12.7
49. Survival or mortality and age at maturity Figure 12.12
50. Plant life history strategies Figure 12.20
51. Life history classification Figure 12.24
52. Self-thinning in plant populations Figure 13.4
53. Isoclines for zero population growth Figure 13.14
54. Rodent removal experiment Figure 13.24
55. Character displacement in finch beak size Figure 13.26
56. Parasite life cycle Figure 14.2
57. Predator-prey/parasite-host population growth Figure 14.16
58. Predator-prey model Figure 14.17
59. Cicada population density & mortality Figure 14.24
60. Long-term fertilization on fungi & plants Figure 15.5
61. Tissue avoidance by mutualistic ants Figure 15.11
62. Honeyguide behavior Figure 15.22
63. Desert plants & forest birds lognormal distributions Figure 16.3
64. Calculating species diversity Table 16.1
65. Nutrient ratios in diatom competition Figure 16.11
66. Soil nitrogen and ectomycorrhizal diversity Figure 16.17
67. Disturbance/diversity of marine algae & invertebrates Figure 16.19
68. Keystone species hypothesis Figure 17.6
69. Littorina in algal tide pools Figure 17.8
70. Algal turf food web Figure 17.11
71. Keystone species Figure 17.16
72. Seed dispersal mutualism and plant recruitment Figure 17.20
73. Evapotranspiration & primary production Figure 18.2
74. Piscivore & planktivores, herbivores, phytoplankton Figure 18.12
75. Temperature forest energy budget Figure 18.17
76. Isotopic composition of mussels in salt marsh Figure 18.19
77. Phosphorus cycle Figure 19.2
78. Nitrogen cycle Figure 19.3
79. Carbon cycle Figure 19.4
80. Leaf lignin/nitrogen & decomposition Figure 19.7
81. Succession of plant growth forms Figure 20.3
82. Soil property changes during succession Figure 20.11
83. Soil phosphorus & ecosystem development Figure 20.13
84. 84 Alternative succession mechanisms Figure 20.20
85. Inhibition/facilitation of spruce during succession Figure 20.25
86. Admiralty Island: ruler vs. measured length Figure 21.7
87. Lake landscape position Figure 21.15
88. Structural features of young to old desert soils Figure 21.19
89. Beaver-caused landscape changes Figure 21.25
90. Equilibrium model of island biogeography Figure 22.8
91. Island distance/area & rates of immigration/extinction Figure 22.9
92. Reducing mangroves & arthropod species Figure 22.14
93. Land area in five latitudinal biomes Figure 22.18
94. The greenhouse effect Figure 23.2
95. Causes & potential consequences of environmental change Figure 23.3
96. Southern Oscillation Index Figure 23.4
97. Sea surface temperates: El Niño vs. non-El Niño Figure 23.7
98. Atmospheric CO2 concentrations/temperature change Figure 23.21
99. CO2 in Siple ice core Figure 23.22
100. The Suess effect Figure 23.24
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