This area entails study and maintenance of biological diversity at the level of genes, populations, communities, ecosystems and biomes; intellectual underpinnings include evolutionary theory, ...
This integrative study area allows students to investigate the relationships of organisms to their environment and those factors that affect their distribution and abundance. Both the practical and ...
1. Community Ecology's Roots -- PART I.THE BIG PICTURE: Patterns, Causes, and Consequences of Biodiversity -- 2. Patterns of Biological Diversity -- 3. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning -- PART ...