Ecology : concepts and applications / Manuel C. Molles, Jr.
Publication details: New York ; Boston ; New Delhi : Mc-Graw Hill 2008Description: xviii, 642 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN:- 007096341X
- 9800709663412
- 577 22 MOL
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CONTENT
Chapter 1 Introduction : what is ecology?
Over view of ecology
The ecology of forest birds: using field studies to test theory
Ecosystem controls: Using large scale experiments to understand ecosystems
Vegetation change: Information from pollen records and modeling
Ecology in action
Section 1 NATURAL HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
Chapter 2 Life on land
2.1 Large scale patrons of climatic vibration
2.2 Soils: the foundation of terrestrial biomes
2.2 Natural history and geography Individuals
Chapter 3 Life in water
3.1 The hydrologic cycle
3.2 The natural history of acquatic environments
Chapter 4 Evolution and speciation
4.1 Variation within populations
4.2 Hardy-weiberg equilibrium
4.3 Evolution
4.4 Speciation
Section II INDIVIDUALS
Chapter 5 Temperature relations
5.1 Microclimates
5.2 Temperature and performance organisms
5.3 Regulating body temperature
5.4 Surviving extreme temperatures
Chapter 6 Water relations
6.1 Water availability
6.2 Water regulation on land
6.3 Water and salt balance in aquatic environments
Chapter 7 Energy and nutrient relations
7.1 Energy sources
7.2 Energy limitation
7.3 Optimal foraging theory
Chapter 8 Behavioral ecology
8.1 Evolution and behaviour
8.2 Sociality
8.3 Mate choice
Chapter 9 Life histories and the Niche
9.1 Fundamentals and realized niches
9.2 Trade-offs
9.3 Life history classification
Section III POPULATION ECOLOGY
Chapter 10 Distribution and abundance of populations and species
10.1 Distribution limits
10.2 Distribution patterns
10.3 Metapopulations
10.4 Organism size and population density
10.5 Commonnes and rarity
Chapter 11 Population dynamics
11.1 Patterns of survival
11.2 Age distribution
11.3 Sex rations
11.4 Rates of population changes
11.5 Dispersal
Chapter 12 Population growth
12.1 Geometric and exponential
12.2 Logistic population growth
12.3 Limits to population growth
Section IV INTERACTIONS
Chapter 13 Competition
13.1 Mathematical and laboratory models
13.2 Resource competition
13.3 Competition and niches
Chapter 14 Predation and herbivory
14.1 Widespread Interactions
14.2 Dynamics
14.3 Refuges
14.4 Mechanisms of defense
Chapter 15 Mutualism, parasitism, and disease
15.1 Complex interactions
15.2 Ecology of diseases
15.3 Mutualist-exploiter continuum
15.4 Evolution of mutalism
Section V COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS
Chapter 16 Species abundance and diversity
16.1 Species abundance
16.2 Species diversity
16.3 Environmental complexity
16.4 Disturbance and diversity
Chapter 17 Species Interactions and community structure
17.1 Food webs
17.2 Competitive asymmetries
17.3 Keystones species
Etc.
Chapter 18 Succession and stability
18.1 Community changes during succession
18.2 Ecoystem changes during succession
18.3 Mechanisms of succession
Etc.
Chapter Primary production and energy flow
19.1 Patterns of terrestrial primary production
19.2 Patterns of aquatic primary production
19.3 Biotic influence
Etc.
Chapter 20 Nutrients Cycling and retention
20.1 Rates of decompostion
20.2 Organisms and nutrients
20.3 Distriburbance and nutrients
Section VI LARGE SCALE ECOLOGY
Chapter 21 Landscape Ecology
21.1 Landscape structure
21.2 Landscape process
21.3 Origins of landscape structure and change
Chapter 22 Geographical ecology
22.1 Area, Isolation and species richness
22.2 The equilibrium model of Island biogeography
22.3 Latitudinal gradients in species richness
Etc.
Includes Index: 627-642
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