SupplementsInstructor's Testing and Resource CD (ITR) This helpful, easy-to-use, computerized test-generating software is available at no charge to instructors for testing and grading. Transparencies A set of transparencies of 100 key figures from the text are available free to instructors.Packaging Opportunities
McGraw-Hill offers packaging opportunities that not only provide your students with valuable ecology-related material, but also a substantial cost savings. Instructors, ask your McGraw-Hill sales representative for information on discounts and special ISBNs for ordering a package that contains one or more of the following:General Ecology Lab Manual, 8th Edition, by Cox
Designed for juniors and seniors, this one-semester laboratory manual is based on mathematical statistics. This edition provides a wide range of topics for investigation. Author George Cox begins with exercises covering library research, designing an ecological study, and other introductory concepts. He then proceeds to an examination of specific types of measurement and an analysis of various aspects of ecology. Many of these laboratories are tied to current, commercially-available computer programs and software packages.Field and Lab Methods for General Ecology, 4th Edition, by Brower et al
This introductory ecology lab manual focuses on the process of collecting, recording and analyzing data, and equips students with the tools they need to function in more advanced science courses. It reflects the most current techniques for data gathering so that students can obtain the most accurate samples. Balanced coverage of plant, animal and physical elements offers a diverse range of exercises. Includes exercise on writing research reports.Conservation Biology Workbook, 1st Edition, by Van Dyke
The purpose of this workbook is to teach solutions to actual problems that are presented to conservation biologists. The exercises chosen are practical in that they are selected from the wide variety of problems that working, contemporary conservation biologists are attempting to solve today. The unifying feature of these exercises, in all their variety, is that they promote the following skills: critical reading and writing, applying appropriate field techniques, using computer simulations and applications, and synthesizing information to create comprehensive conservation applications and multi-dimensional conservation plans. Ecology Essential Study Partner CD-ROM (ESP)
This free student study tool reinforces ecology concepts and applications: how ecologists do their work; review of important case studies that illustrate what we know about ecology; approaching topics at different scales of space and time; the urgency of ecological issues to society, to name just a few. It also includes chapter quizzes that spot-check student learning. Annual Editions: Environment 04/05
This 23rd edition is a compilation of current articles from the best of the public press. The selections explore the global environment, the world's population, energy, the biosphere, natural resources, and pollution. Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Environmental Issues, Revised 10th Edition
This represents the arguments of leading environmentalists, scientists, and policymakers. The issues reflect a variety of viewpoints and are staged as "pro" and "con" debates. Issues are organized around four core areas: general philosophical and political issues, the environment and technology, disposing of wastes, and the environment and the future.Sources: Notable Selections in Environmental Studies, 2nd Edition
This volume brings together primary source selections of enduring intellectual value--classic articles, book excerpts, and research studies--that have shaped environmental studies and our contemporary understanding of it. The book includes carefully edited selections for the works of the most distinguished environmental observers, past and present. Selections are organized topically around the following major areas of study: energy, environmental degradation, population issues and the environment, human health and the environment, and environment and society.Student Atlas of Environmental Issues by Allen
The Student Atlas of Environmental Issues is an invaluable pedagogical tool for exploring the human impact on the air, waters, biosphere, and land in every major world region. This informative resource provides a unique combination of maps and data helping students understand the dimensions of the world's environmental problems and the geographical basis of these problems.You Can Make a Difference: Be Environmentally Responsible, 2nd Edition by Getis
This book is organized around the three parts of the biosphere: land, water, and air. Each section contains descriptions of the environmental problems associated with that part of the biosphere. Immediately following each problem or "challenge" are suggested ways that individuals can help solve or alleviate them. This book has been written to provide the reader with some easy and practical ways to protect the Earth and to help understand why the task is so important.
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