Biology : concepts & connections /
Niel A. Campbell [and four others]
- Sixth Edition.
- San Francisco : Pearson, c2009
- xxxvii, pages : color illustrations ; 29cm.
Includes glossary and index
Contents: 1. Biology : Exploring 1 -- Unit One : The Life of the Cell -- 2. The Chemmical Basis of Life -- 3. The Molecules of Cells -- 4. A Tour of a Cell -- 5. The Working Cell -- 6. How Cells HArvest Chemical energy -- 7. Photosynthesis: Using Light to make Food -- 8. The Cellular Basis of Reproduction and Inheritance -- 9. Patterns of Inheritance -- 10. Molecular Biology of the Gene -- 11. How Genes are Controlled -- 12. DNA Technology and Genomics -- 13. How Population Evolve -- 14. The Origin of Species -- 15. Tracing Evolutionary History -- 16. The Origin and Evolution of Microbial Life : Prokaryotes and Protists -- 17. Plants, Fungi, and the Colonization of Land -- 18. The Evolution of Invertebrate Diversity -- 19. The Evolution of Vertebrate Diversity -- 20. Unifying Concepts of Animal Structure and Function -- 21. Nutrition and Digestion -- 22. Gas Exchange -- 23. Circulation -- 24. The Immune System -- 25. Control of Body Temperature and Water Balance -- 26. Hormones and the Endocrine System -- 27. Reproduction and Embryonic Development -- 28. Nervous Systems -- 29. The Senses -- 30. How Animals Move -- 31. Plant Structure, Reproduction, and Development -- 32. Plant Nutrition and Transport -- 33. Control Systems in Plants -- 34. The Biosphere: An Introduction to Earth's Diverse Environments -- 35. Behavioral Adaptions to the Environment -- 36. Population Ecology -- 37. Communities and Ecosystems -- 38. Conservation Biology
This book continues to be the most accurate, current, and pedagogically effective non-majors text on the market. This extensive revision builds upon the book's best-selling success with exciting new and updated features. Key concept modules, seamlessly combining text and illustrations, help students keep the big picture in mind and pace their learning, while making it easy for professors to assign selected sections within a chapter. Also within the text, a variety of new chapter opening essays, Connection Modules, and new Evolution Connection Modules help students recognize and appreciate the connections between biology and the world they live in. BioFlix animations, available on the companion website and as part of the instructor resources, offer students unprecedented help in understanding important topics and help invigorate lectures, assignments, or online courses