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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface ix
Introduction: Ecology and its Domain xii
1 Organisms in their Environments: the Evolutionary Backdrop 1
2 Conditions 32
3 Resources 65
4 Matters of Life and Death 102
5 Intraspecific Competition 132
6 Movement and Metapopulations 169
7 Life History Ecology and Evolution 206
8 Interspecific Competition 240
9 The Nature of Predation 284
10 The Population Dynamics of Predation 320
11 Decomposers and Detritivores 357
12 Parasitism and Disease 378
13 Facilitation: Mutualism and Commensalism 416
14 Abundance 453
15 Pest Control Harvesting and Conservation 477
16 Community Modules and the Structure of Ecological Communities 522
17 Food Webs 544
18 Patterns in Community Composition in Space and Time 572
19 Patterns in Biodiversity and their Conservation 603
20 The Flux of Energy through Ecosystems 647
21 The Flux of Matter through Ecosystems 678
22 Ecology in a Changing World 708
References 743
Organism Index 798
Subject Index 812
