Ecology : Individuals, Populations and Communities

by Begon, Michael; Harper, John L.; Townsend, Colin R.

• ISBN13: 9780632038015
• ISBN10: 0632038012
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-04-01
• Publisher: Blackwell Pub

Summary

This is the leading textbook of general ecology, with an unsurpassed world-wide reputation. While maintaining the basic structure of previous editions, this third edition is extensively rewritten to produce a forward-looking teaching resource that will lead the field to the end of the decade.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction: Ecology and its Domain	x
Part 1: Organisms
Introduction	3	(1)
The Match Between Organisms and their Environments	4	(44)
Conditions	48	(42)
Resources	90	(45)
Life and Death in Unitary and Modular Organisms	135	(38)
Dispersal, Dispersion and Migration in Space and Time	173	(41)
Part 2: Interactions
Introduction	211	(3)
Intraspecific Competition	214	(51)
Interspecific Competition	265	(48)
The Nature of Predation	313	(21)
The Behaviour of Predators	334	(35)
The Population Dynamics of Predation	369	(33)
Decomposers and Detritivores	402	(27)
Parasitism and Disease	429	(53)
Symbiosis and Mutualism	482	(44)
Part 3: Three Overviews
Introduction	525	(1)
Life-History Variation	526	(41)
Abundance	567	(54)
Manipulating Abundance: Killing and Culling	621	(58)
Part 4: Communities
Introduction	677	(2)
The Nature of the Community	679	(32)
The Flux of Energy through Communities	711	(33)
The Flux of Matter through Communities	744	(31)
The Influence of Competition on Community Structure	775	(26)
The Influence of Predation and Disturbance on Community Structure	801	(27)
Food Webs	828	(33)
Islands, Areas and Colonization	861	(23)
Patterns in Species Richness	884	(29)
Conservation and Biodiversity	913	(40)
Glossary	953	(18)
References	971	(60)
Organism Index	1031	(18)
Subject Index	1049