Preface
Chapter 1. The Nature of Ecology
Part 1. The Physical Environment
Chapter 2. Climate
Chapter 3. The Aquatic Environment
Chapter 4. The Terrestrial Environment
Part 2. The Organism and Its Environment
Chapter 5. Adaptation and Natural Selection
Chapter 6. Plant Adaptations to the Environment
Chapter 7. Animal Adaptations to the Environment
Part 3. Populations
Chapter 8. Properties of Populations
Chapter 9. Population Growth
Chapter 10. Life History
Chapter 11. Intraspecific Population Regulation
Part 4. Species Interactions
Chapter 12. Species Interactions, Population Dynamics, and Natural Selection
Chapter 13. Interspecific Competition
Chapter 14. Predation
Chapter 15. Parasitism and Mutualism
Part 5. Community Ecology
Chapter 16. Community Structure
Chapter 17. Factors Influencing the Structure of Communities
Chapter 18. Community Dynamics
Chapter 19. Landscape Dynamics
Part 6. E cosystem Ecology
Chapter 20. Ecosystem Energetics
Chapter 21. Decomposition and Nutrient Cycling
Chapter 22. Biogeochemical Cycles
Part 7. Ecological Biogeography
Chapter 23. Terrestrial Ecosystems
Chapter 24. Aquatic Ecosystems
Chapter 25. Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems
Chapter 26. Large-Scale Patterns of Biological Diversity
Chapter 27. The Ecology of Climate Change
References
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