About the Author
Preface
1 An Introduction to Ecology
Part I: Climates, Climate Change, and Biomes
2 Global Climates
3 Global Climate Change
4 Terrestrial and Aquatic Biomes
Part II: Adaptations to Environments
5 Evolutionary Ecology
6 Adaptations to Aquatic Environments
7 Adaptations to Terrestrial Environments
8 Adaptations to Variable Environments
Part III: Life Histories, Reproductive Strategies, and Social Behaviors
9 Life Histories
10 Reproductive Strategies
11 Social Behaviors
Part IV: Populations
12 Population Distributions
13 Population Growth and Regulation
14 Population Dynamics over Time and Space
Part V: Species Interactions
15 Predation and Herbivory
16 Parasitism and Infectious Diseases
17 Competition
18 Mutualism
Part VI: Communities and Ecosystems
19 Community Structure: Biodiversity and Food Webs
20 Community Succession
21 Energy Flow in Ecosystems
22 Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems
Part VII: Global Ecology
23 Landscape Ecology and Global Biodiversity
24 Conservation of Global Biodiversity
Appendices
Reading Graphs
Statistical Tables
Answers to Working with Ecological Data
Glossary
Index
