By: Neil A. Campbell, Jane B. Reece, Dr Noel Meyers

Hardcover

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Over seven successful editions, Campbell & Reece’s Biology has been recognised as the world’s leading introductory biology textbook. Biology continues to engage students with its dynamic coverage of the essential elements of this critical discipline. The eighth edition, with an increased Australian focus, ensures students receive the most up-to-date, accurate and relevant information.

Supplementary and Media Resources guide students through biology’s toughest topics.

About the Authors

Neil A. Campbell combined the investigative nature of a research scientist with the soul of an experienced and caring teacher. He earned his MA in Zoology from UCLA and his PhD in Plant Biology from the University of California, Riverside, where he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2001. Dr Campbell published numerous research articles on how certain desert plants thrive in salty soil and how sensitive plant (Mimosa) and other legumes move their leaves. His 30 years of teaching in diverse environments included general biology courses at Cornell University, Pomona College, and San Bernardino Valley College, where he received the college's first Outstanding Professor Award in 1986. Most recently Dr Campbell was a visiting scholar in the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences at the University of California, Riverside. In addition to his authorship of this book, he co-authored Biology: Concepts & Connections and Essential Biology with Jane Reece. Each year, over 600 000 students worldwide use Campbell/Reece biology textbooks.

Jane B. Reece has worked in biology publishing since 1978, when she joined the editorial staff of Benjamin Cummings. Her education includes an A. in Biology from Harvard University, an MS in Microbiology from Rutgers University, and a PhD in Bacteriology from the University of California, Berkeley. At UC Berkeley and later as a post-doctoral fellow in genetics at Stanford University, her research focused on genetic recombination in bacteria. Dr Reece taught biology at Middlesex County College (New Jersey) and Queensborough Community College (New York). As an editor at Benjamin Cummings, Dr Reece played major roles in a number of successful textbooks. In addition to being a co-author with Neil Campbell on Biology, Biology: Concepts & Connections, and Essential Biology, she co-authored The World of the Cell 3e with WM Becker and MF Poenie.

Dr Noel Meyers completed his PhD in plant pollination biology at the University of Queensland. With the CSIRO Division of Plant Industry Noel completed two post-doctoral research fellowships. At the Queensland University of Technology Noel committed himself to guiding his students to high quality learning outcomes. Noel won numerous awards for his teaching, including winning in 2004, one of seven Australian Awards for University Teaching. He also earned the QUT Student Guild Lecturer of the Year and was recognised several times as QUT Gardens Point Campus Lecturer of the Year by his students. Noel received the QUT Vice Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award and a Pearson Uniserve Award for making outstanding contributions to science students’ learning. Most recently he earned a Fellowship of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (FHERDSA). He publishes his research in his dual disciplines - biology and science education. Noel lives in Tasmania, a place he calls a living chunk of Gondwana.

1. Introduction: Themes in the Study of Life

UNIT ONE The Chemistry of Life
2. The Chemical Context of Life
3. Water and the Fitness of the Environment
4. Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life
5. The Structure and Function of Large Biological Molecules

UNIT TWO The Cell
6. A Tour of the Cell
7. Membrane Structure and Function
8. An Introduction to Metabolism
9. Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy
10. Photosynthesis
11. Cell Communication
12. The Cell Cycle

UNIT THREE Genetics
13. Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles
14. Mendel and the Gene Idea
15. The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
16. The Molecular Basis of Inheritance
17. From Gene to Protein
18. Regulation of Gene Expression
19. Viruses
20. Biotechnology
21. Genomes and Their Evolution

UNIT FOUR Mechanisms of Evolution
22. Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life
23. The Evolution of Populations
24. The Origin of Species
25. The History of Life on Earth

UNIT FIVE The Evolutionary History of Biological Diversity
26. Phylogeny and the Tree of Life
27. Bacteria and Archaea
28. Protists
29. Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land
30. Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants
31. Fungi
32. An Introduction to Animal Diversity
33. Invertebrates
34. Vertebrates

UNIT SIX Plant Form and Function
35. Plant Structure, Growth, and Development
36. Resource Acquisition and Transport in Vascular Plants
37. Soil and Plant Nutrition
38. Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology
39. Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals

UNIT SEVEN Animal Form and Function
40. Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function
41. Animal Nutrition
42. Circulation and Gas Exchange
43. The Immune System
44. Osmoregulation and Excretion
45. Hormones and the Endocrine System
46. Animal Reproduction
47. Animal Development
48. Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling
49. Nervous Systems
50. Sensory and Motor Mechanisms
51. Animal Behavior

UNIT EIGHT Ecology
52. An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere
53. Population Ecology
54. Community Ecology
55. Ecosystems
56. Conservation Biology and Restoration Ecology

ISBN: 9781442502215
ISBN-10: 1442502215
Audience: Tertiary; University or College
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 150
Published: 13th November 2008
Publisher: Pearson Education Australia