Fundamentals of Ecology
by Eugene P. Odum · Eugene Odum
Odum's classic ecology textbook, which established the ecosystem as the organising unit of the field. It covers energy flow, biogeochemical cycles, limiting factors, population dynamics and community structure, giving readers a systems-level framework for analysing how ecosystems function and change.
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