McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math – 2011, 656 pages in color
ISBN: 0073532479, 9780073532479
Peter Stiling, co-author of Biology by Brooker et al., has written a new first edition ecology text. The main goal in creating a new ecology text is to show how ecology is important in understanding global change. The book’s main aim is to teach the basic principles of ecology and to relate these principles to many of the Earth’s ecological problems.
About the Author
Peter Stiling is a professor of biology at the University of South Florida at Tampa. He has taught classes in ecology, environmental science, and community ecology, and in 1995 he received a teaching award in recognition of classroom excellence in these areas. Dr. Stiling obtained his Ph.D. from University College, Cardiff, Wales, and completed postdoctoral research at Florida State University.