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Books & References — Ecology

Bragg uses no required textbook (open-note + own slides), but these are the standard upper-division ecology texts. Direct Anna's Archive links + chapter ↔ unit mappings so you can supplement his slides with full textbook coverage.

★ Ecology: The Economy of Nature — 8th Edition (2018) DOWNLOADED · OCR'd · embedded on site

Robert E. Ricklefs · Rick Relyea · W. H. Freeman / Macmillan · 1550 pp · ISBN 978-1-319-18895-5

The actual textbook embedded directly on this site — every chapter readable under Textbook, with 721 extracted figures and OCR-recovered content for image-only spreads. Even though Bragg's class doesn't require it, this gives you the conceptual baseline that complements his open-note exam style. 23 chapters spanning organismal adaptations through global biodiversity conservation.

PDF · 95 MB local 1,550 pp · 721 figures 23 chapters in 6 Parts
Local: C:\Users\johnn\Downloads\Ecology - The Economy of Nature 8th Edition — Anna's Archive.pdf
Extracted: C:\Users\johnn\Downloads\Ecology8_Extracted\

Ecology — 4th Edition (2017)

Michael L. Cain · William D. Bowman · Sally D. Hacker · Sinauer/Oxford · 642 pp

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).

PDF · 366.8 MB 23 chapters · large color figures 2017
MD5: 72a58b2fb1077958ace5a5a1ece1076c

Ecology for All! — Open Textbook (free)

Gettysburg College · LibreTexts · CC-BY

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.

Video courses

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📚 Quick-jump · all chapters

Direct links to each chapter on the embedded textbook reader. Each chapter page has the full OCR-extracted text + every relevant figure from the source PDF.

Ch 1 · Introduction: Ecology, Evolution, and the Scientific Method Ch 2 · Adaptations to Aquatic Environments Ch 3 · Adaptations to Terrestrial Environments Ch 4 · Adaptations to Variable Environments Ch 5 · Climates and Soils Ch 6 · Terrestrial and Aquatic Biomes Ch 7 · Evolution and Adaptation Ch 8 · Life Histories Ch 9 · Reproductive Strategies Ch 10 · Social Behaviors Ch 11 · Population Distributions Ch 12 · Population Growth and Regulation Ch 13 · Population Dynamics over Space and Time Ch 14 · Predation and Herbivory Ch 15 · Parasitism and Infectious Diseases Ch 16 · Competition Ch 17 · Mutualism Ch 18 · Community Structure Ch 19 · Community Succession Ch 20 · Movement of Energy in Ecosystems Ch 21 · Movement of Elements in Ecosystems Ch 22 · Landscape Ecology and Global Biodiversity Ch 23 · Conservation of Global Biodiversity