Biology for rice univeristy ebio 213

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Preface to biology

0.1 About openstax

0.2 About openstax’s resources

0.3 Customization

0.6 About biology

0.7 Coverage and scope

0.8 Pedagogical foundation and features

0.9 Art and animations that engage

0.10 About our team

0.11 Senior contributing authors

0.12 Contributing authors and reviewers

0.13 Learning resources

1 The periodic table of elements

Ecology and the biosphere

1 The scope of ecology

Population and community ecology

1 Population demography

The evolution of populations

Adaptive evolution

Ecology and the biosphere

1 Terrestrial biomes

1.1 Tropical wet forest

1.3 Subtropical deserts

1.5 Temperate grasslands

1.6 Temperate forests

1.7 Boreal forests

1.8 Arctic tundra

1.9 Section summary

1.10 Art connections

2 Aquatic biomes

2.1 Abiotic factors influencing aquatic biomes

2.2 Marine biomes

2.4 Coral reefs

2.5 Estuaries: where the ocean meets fresh water

2.6 Freshwater biomes

2.7 Lakes and ponds

2.8 Rivers and streams

2.10 Section summary

2.11 Art connections

Ecology of ecosystems

0.1 Food chains and food webs

0.2 Research into ecosystem dynamics: ecosystem experimentation and modeling

0.3 Conceptual models

0.4 Analytical and simulation models

0.5 Section summary

0.6 Art connections

1 Superphylum ecdysozoa

Population and community ecology (cont.)

Community ecology

0.1 Predation and herbivory

0.2 Defense mechanisms against predation and herbivory

0.3 Competitive exclusion principle

0.5 Commensalism

0.8 Characteristics of communities

0.9 Foundation species

0.10 Biodiversity, species richness, and relative species abundance

0.11 Keystone species

0.12 Community dynamics

0.13 Primary succession and pioneer species

0.14 Secondary succession

0.15 Section summary

1 Behavioral biology: proximate and ultimate causes of behavior

1.1 Innate behaviors: movement and migration

1.2 Kinesis and taxis

1.3 Fixed action patterns

1.6 Innate behaviors: living in groups

1.7 Communication within a species

1.8 Altruistic behaviors

1.9 Finding sex partners

1.10 Simple learned behaviors

1.11 Habituation

1.12 Imprinting

1.13 Conditioned behavior

1.14 Classical conditioning

1.15 Operant conditioning

1.16 Cognitive learning

1.17 Sociobiology

1.18 Section summary

Phylogenies and the history of life

1 Organizing life on earth

1.1 Phylogenetic trees

1.2 Limitations of phylogenetic trees

1.3 The levels of classification

1.4 Section summary

1.5 Art connections

2 Determining evolutionary relationships

3 Perspectives on the phylogenetic tree

Source: OpenStax, Biology for rice univeristy ebio 213. OpenStax CNX. Jul 16, 2013 Download for free at https://legacy.cnx.org/content/col11544/1.3

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