★ Elements of Ecology — 9th Edition Global (2015) DOWNLOADED · 3 MB compressed · authentic
Most-cited intro-ecology textbook in the US. Topic ordering matches Bragg's lecture sequence almost exactly. Strong on physical environment + populations + communities. Best primary reference for this course. Local copy is text-compressed (3 MB) — full text + structure preserved, fewer figures than the 67MB original. Use Anna's Archive link below for the figure-rich version.
Chapter ↔ unit mapping
- Ch 1 Nature of Ecology → U1 Nature
- Ch 2 Adaptation & Evolution → U1 Nature
- Ch 3 Climate → U2 Climate
- Ch 4 Aquatic Environment → U3 Aquatic
- Ch 5 Terrestrial Environments → U4 Terrestrial
- Ch 6-7 Plant + Animal Adaptations → U5 Adaptations
- Ch 8-9 Population properties + growth → U6 Population
- Ch 10-11 Population regulation + life history → U7 Regulation
- Ch 12-13 Intra/interspecific competition → U8 Competition
- Ch 14 Predation → U9 Predation
- Ch 15 Parasitism + mutualism → U10 Mutualism
- Ch 16-17 Community structure + dynamics → U11 Community
- Ch 18-19 Ecosystem energetics + biogeochem → U13 Ecosystem
- Ch 20-23 Biomes + biogeography → U14 Biomes/Conserv
- Ch 24-25 Conservation + global change → U14 Biomes/Conserv
Ecology — 4th Edition (2017)
Heavier on quantitative ecology + experimental design than Smith. Use as a complement when you need derivation/math for population models or competition coefficients (Lotka-Volterra etc).
Ecology for All! — Open Textbook (free)
Open-licensed full ecology curriculum. Use for figures + summaries you can drop into your own notes legally.
Bragg's research papers (UNomaha DigitalCommons)
Direct primary-source articles — useful for prairie/fire-ecology unit and for citing in lab reports.
- All UNomaha Biology faculty publications
- Effect of Burning on Germination of Tallgrass Prairie Plant Species — Rohn & Bragg
- Bragg faculty page (Glacier Creek Preserve)
Video courses
Anna's Archive notice
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