A Primer of Ecology

by Nicholas J. Gotelli

Book Overview

A Primer of Ecology, Fourth Edition, presents a concise but detailed exposition of the most common mathematical models in population and community ecology. It is intended to demystify ecological... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878932739
• ISBN13: 9780878932733
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Sinauer Associates
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great First Approach on Ecology

This book is a must for people starting to study ecology. It's short, very well written and clear, concise, not oversimplifying, and it's very nice to read. It has real life examples too. It's true it doesn't go very deep, but it gives you the perfect fundation to go deeper after it, reading Begon for example, which is a good book but gives for granted a lot of concepts. Anyone can read this book, because it starts fron absolut zero, which is the very best of it.

A practical handbook

This is the best practical manual for quick understanding of topic such as growth rate, life history table, etc.

Easy to read and understand

Unlike some other texts, this book is easy to read and understand. Gives a great overview of ecological models.

Excelent book

This book is an excelent work on population biology, it includes the basic elements to study the dynamics of population in nature, I recomend it.

Gotelli's work is one of the best Ecology books out there!!!

I had to read Gotelli's A Primer of Ecology for my Ecology class at Brown University. I thought that it was by far the most comprehensive and easily read book used in that class. The mathematical models were always backed up with empirical evidence to several models in the field. A definate must read for all ecologists!