| Description |
xii, 403 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Preface -- Section 1. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Why and How to Study Ecology -- Section 2. Evolution and Behavioral Ecology -- Chapter 2. Genetics and Ecology -- Chapter 3. Extinction -- Chapter 4. Group Selection and Individual Selection -- Chapter 5. Life History Strategies -- Section 3. Population Ecology -- Chapter 6. Population Growth -- Chapter 7. Physical Environment -- Chapter 8. Competition and Coexistence -- Chapter 9. Mutualism -- Chapter 10. Predation -- Chapter 11. Herbivory -- Chapter 12. Parasitism -- Chapter 13. Evaluating the Controls on Population Size -- Section 4. Community Ecology -- Chapter 14. The Main Types of Communities -- Chapter 15. Global Patterns in Species Richness -- Chapter 16. Species Diversity -- Chapter 17. Stability, Equilibrium, and Nonequilibrium -- Chapter 18. Succession -- Chapter 19. Island Biogeography -- Section 5. Ecosystems Ecology -- Chapter 20. Trophic Structure -- Chapter 21. Energy Flow -- Chapter 22. Nutrients -- Glossary -- Literature Cited -- Photo Credits -- Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [380]-390) |
| Subject |
Ecology.
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| LC no. |
2001034364 |
| ISBN |
013091102X |
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