abbreviations Preface Section A-Introduction to ecology A1 What is ecology? A2 Ten rules in ecology Section B-Adaptation to the environment B1 Adaptation B2 Coping with environmental variation B3 The niche Section C-Climate C1 Solar radiation and climate C2 Microclimate Section D-Water D1 The properties of water D2 Plants and water D3 Animals and water Section E-Temperature E1 Temperature and metabolism E2 Responses to tempetature E3 Tempetature and species distribution Section F-Radiation F1 Solar radiation and plants Section G-Nutrients G1 Sources and cycles G2 Plants and consumers G3 Soil formation,properties and calssifcation Section H-Population ecology H1 Populations and population structure H2 Natality,mortality and population growth H3 Density dan density dependence H4 Population dynamics-fluctuations,cycles and chaos Section I-competition I1 The nature of competition I2 Intraspecific competition I3 Resource partitioning Section J-Preadation J1 The nature of predation J2 Predator behavior and prey response Section K-parasitism K1 The nature of parasitism K2 The dynamics of parasitism Section L-Mutualism L1 Mutualism Section M-Life history patterns M1 life history Section N-Behavioral ecology N1 social groups,cooperation and altruism N2 Sex in ecology Section O-Population genetics O1 Genetic variation O2 Speciation Section P-Ecosystem processes P1 components and processes P2 Primary and secondary production P3 Food chains Section Q-Communities Q1 The community,structure and stability Q2 island communities and colonization Q3 community patterns,competition and predation Section R-community dynamics R1 succession R2 community responses to disturbance Section S- Biomes s1 Ecosystem patterns s2 Grasslands s3 tundra s4 Forests s5 deserts,semi-deserts and shrubland s6 saltwater biomes s7 freshwater biomes Section T-Harvesting T1 harvesting theory T2 fishing and whaling Section U-Pest control u1 The pest problem and control strategies U2 pesticides and problems U3 biological control and integrated pest management Section V-conservation V1 rare species,habitat loss and extinction V2 conservation strategies V3 biologica resources and gene banks Section W-pollution and global warming W1 Air,water and soil pollutants W2 Greenhouse gases and global warming W3 Ozone Section X-The ecology of agriculture X1 soil erosion and agriculture X2 Nutrient,water and energy use Further reading Index
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