Ecology : from individuals to ecosystems / Micheal Begon, Colin R. Townsend, John L. Harper

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Oxford : Blackwell, c2006Edition: 4th editionDescription: xii, 738 p. : ill. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 978140511171
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22 577 BEG
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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

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