Loose Leaf For Integrated Principles Of Zoology
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ISBN: 9781260411140
Author: Cleveland P Hickman Jr. Emeritus, Susan L. Keen, David J Eisenhour Professor PhD, Allan Larson, Helen I'Anson Associate Professor of Biology
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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To determine: The differences between the concepts of ecosystem, community, and population.
Introduction: Ecology is studied as a hierarchy of biological systems and their interaction with environments. An organism is present at the base of the ecological hierarchy.
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