![]() Contemporary and engaging, this text brings clarity and specificity to the study of ecology in the twenty-first century. Development of the concept of ecosystem: Odum published his landmark book Fundamentals of Ecology, which introduced the concept of the ecosystem. Also, a final chapter entitled "Statistical Thinking for Students of Ecology" provides a quantitative synthesis to the field of statistics. In keeping with a greater temporal/spatial approach to ecology, new chapters in landscape ecology, regional ecology, and global ecology have been added building on the levels-of-organization hierarchy. The text retains its classic holistic approach to ecosystem science, but incorporates and integrates an evolutionary approach as well. This Fifth Edition of FUNDAMENTALS OF ECOLOGY is co-authored by Odum's protege Gary Barrett and represents the last academic text Odum produced. Odum Award for Excellence in Ecology Education: Laurel J. FUNDAMENTALS OF ECOLOGY was first published in 1953 and was the vehicle Odum used to educate a wide audience about ecological science. ![]() ![]() Odum, who served at the University of Georgia’s In-stitute of Ecology for more than six decades. The late Eugene Odum was a pioneer in systems ecology and is credited with bringing ecosystems into the mainstream public consciousness as well as into introductory college instruction. T he fifth edition ofFundamentals of Ecology records, sadly, the demise of its first author, Eugene P. ![]()
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