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Table of Contents

Preface 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

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      Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Published 4 February 2021
      ISBN-13 9781119279358
      978-1119279358
      ISBN-10 1119279356
      Also in:
      Science & Nature Biology, life sciences

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents

      Preface 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

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