Population ecology : a unified study of animals and plants / Michael Begon & Martin Mortimer.

Contents;

Part 1: Single-species population
Chapter 1: Describing populations
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Population processes
1.3 the diagrammatic life table
etc.

Chapter 2: Intraspecific competition
2.1 The nature of intraspecific competition
2.2 Three characteristics of intraspecific competition
2.3 Density-dependence: a fourth characteristic
etc.

Chapter 3: Models of single-species populations
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Populations breeding at discrete intervals
3.3 Continuous breeding
etc.

Part 2: Interspecific interactions
Chapter 4: Interspecific competition
4.1 The nature of interspecific interactions
4.2 Interspecific competition
4.3 A field example: granivorous ants
etc.

Chapter 5: Predation
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Patterns of abundance
5.3 Coevolution, and specialization amongst predators
etc.

Part 3: Synthesis
Chapter 6: Life-history
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Allocation of energy
6.3 The effects of size
etc.

Chapter 7: Population regulation
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Nicholson's view
7.3 Andrewartha and Birch's view
etc.

Chapter 8: Community structure
8.1 Introduction
8.2 The role of interspecific competition
8.3 The role of predation
etc.

Includes bibliographic references and indexes.