TY - BOOK AU - Begon, Micheal AU - Townsend, Colin R. AU - Harper, John L. TI - Ecology: from individuals to ecosystems SN - 978140511171 U1 - 577 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Oxford PB - Blackwell, KW - Ecology KW - Ecosystem N1 - PART 1. ORGANISMS 1. Organisms in heir environment: the evolutionary backdrop 2. Conditions 3. Resources 4. Life death and life histories 5. Intraspecific competition 6. Dispersal, dormancy and meta-populations 7. Ecological applications at the level of organisms and single-species populations: restoration, bio-security and conservation PART 2. SPECIES INTERACTIONS 8. Inter-specific competition 9. The nature of prediction 10. The population dynamics of prediction 11. Decomposers and detrivores 12. Parasitism and disease 13. Symbiosis and mutualism 14. Abundance 15. Ecological applications at the level of population interactions: pest control and harvest management PART 3. COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS 16. The nature of the community : patterns in space and time 17. The flux of energy through ecosystems 18. The flux of matter through ecosystem 19. The influence of population interactions on community structure 20. Food webs 21. Patterns in species richness ; Includes references and index ER -