BSCS Biology: An Ecological ApproachKendall Hunt, 2002 - 777 pages [This program] encourages you to investigate how organisms and their behaviors are shaped by their environments. You will ask questions about what happens as organisms and their environments interact. You will be introduced to the big pictures showing how different local environments fit together to form patterns of life on Earth.-Foreword. |
Contents
and Varied | 9 |
Ecosystem Structure | 58 |
17 | 78 |
Matter and Energy in the Web of Life | 82 |
Life Is Based on Carbon | 92 |
Carbon Cycling | 98 |
3 | 107 |
UNIT | 113 |
Immunity | 425 |
Respiration and Excretion | 432 |
Temperature Regulation | 438 |
2 The Alpine Slide Mystery | 442 |
1 | 444 |
Coordination | 449 |
The Endocrine System | 460 |
Stress Drugs and the Human Body | 466 |
Cell Division | 128 |
1 Observing Cells | 134 |
3 Cell Size and Diffusion | 138 |
Reproduction | 144 |
The Human Reproductive System | 152 |
1 A Model of Meiosis | 159 |
Animal Development | 168 |
1 The Yeast Life Cycle | 178 |
The Hereditary Role of Genetic Material | 184 |
Genes and Chromosomes | 196 |
1 Probability | 211 |
Patterns and Diversity | 221 |
Evolution and Natural Selection | 227 |
An Activity | 241 |
UNIT THREE | 249 |
The Kingdoms of Organisms | 259 |
The Origin of Life | 265 |
1 DNA Sequences and Classification | 274 |
Prokaryotes | 280 |
Disease | 289 |
1 Distribution of Microorganisms | 299 |
Protists and Fungi | 307 |
Fungi | 316 |
1 Variety Among Protists and Cyanobacteria | 324 |
3 Growth of Fungi | 329 |
Bryophytes and Seedless Vascular Plants | 341 |
Animals | 363 |
Life Functions in Animals | 377 |
1 Temperature and Circulation | 386 |
1 Food Energy | 412 |
Maintenance of Internal | 419 |
2 Sensory Receptors and Response to Stimuli | 473 |
Stems and Conduction | 480 |
Roots and Absorption | 486 |
Maintenance and Coordination | 503 |
Photosynthesis and the Environment | 510 |
1 Gas Exchange and Photosynthesis | 522 |
UNIT FIVE | 529 |
The Environment and Survival | 540 |
Survival of Other Animals | 543 |
1 Conditioning | 546 |
Ecosystems of the Past | 553 |
EVOLUTION AND PLATE TECTONICS | 558 |
A Sampling of Paleoecosystems | 564 |
The Emergence of Humans | 567 |
1 Evolution and Time | 575 |
Biomes Around the World | 583 |
Biomes with Low Amounts of Precipitation | 592 |
Ecosystems Are Not Permanent | 598 |
1 Climatograms | 606 |
Aquatic Ecosystems | 615 |
Ocean Ecosystems | 623 |
Human Influences on Aquatic Ecosystems | 630 |
Change and the Future | 653 |
1 | 662 |
Appendix | 669 |
Appendix | 677 |
Appendix Three | 689 |
Appendix Four | 705 |
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