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Tables of Contents for Ecology
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
Introduction: Ecology and its Domain
x
Part 1: Organisms
Introduction
3
1
The Match Between Organisms and their Environments
4
44
Conditions
48
42
Resources
90
45
Life and Death in Unitary and Modular Organisms
135
38
Dispersal, Dispersion and Migration in Space and Time
173
41
Part 2: Interactions
Introduction
211
3
Intraspecific Competition
214
51
Interspecific Competition
265
48
The Nature of Predation
313
21
The Behaviour of Predators
334
35
The Population Dynamics of Predation
369
33
Decomposers and Detritivores
402
27
Parasitism and Disease
429
53
Symbiosis and Mutualism
482
44
Part 3: Three Overviews
Introduction
525
1
Life-History Variation
526
41
Abundance
567
54
Manipulating Abundance: Killing and Culling
621
58
Part 4: Communities
Introduction
677
2
The Nature of the Community
679
32
The Flux of Energy through Communities
711
33
The Flux of Matter through Communities
744
31
The Influence of Competition on Community Structure
775
26
The Influence of Predation and Disturbance on Community Structure
801
27
Food Webs
828
33
Islands, Areas and Colonization
861
23
Patterns in Species Richness
884
29
Conservation and Biodiversity
913
40
Glossary
953
18
References
971
60
Organism Index
1031
18
Subject Index
1049