Ecology by William D Bowman & Sally D Hacker & Michael L Cain

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. Ecology is a well-structured and sufficiently detailed introductory exposure to the field of ecology, with excellent supporting materials to enable a quantitative understanding of the fundamentals of ecology. A great ecology text with all the major concepts introduced and clear examples needed to give undergraduates a solid background in ecology. Ecology is an easy-to-ready text that is engaging for students and has broad coverage of the topics that are central to ecology. Ecology presents material in a very effective way, while also bringing in lots of real world literature and captivating examples. Bowman is Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Director of the Mountain Research Station at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Hacker is Professor of Integrative Biology at Oregon State University, Corvallis.