Ecology : from individuals to ecosystems / Micheal Begon, Colin R. Townsend, John L. Harper
Publication details: Oxford : Blackwell, c2006Edition: 4th editionDescription: xii, 738 p. : ill. ; 27 cmISBN:- 978140511171
- 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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