BASIC CONCEPTS IN BIOLOGY supplies a 650 page, introductory issues-oriented approach with enormous
instructional power. This title has content identical to Starr's longer BIOLOGY, CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS, Sixth Edition, except for the omission of plant and
animal physiology. The "Impacts, Issues" and "How Would You Vote?" features new to this edition make biology
come alive. An "Impacts, Issues" case study opens each chapter focusing on a biology-related societal issue. Short films that expand on the issue are on the free Student CD. Each chapter's "How Would You Vote?" asks students to consider biology-related news, apply knowledge, cast a vote on the web and see voting tallies. The