Elements of ecology

Smith, T. M.

Elements of ecology - 6th - Noida Pearson 2007

1. The Nature of Ecology

I. THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
2. Climate
3. The Aquatic Environment
4. The Terrestrial Environment

II. THE ORGANISM AND ITS ENVIRONMENT
5. Ecological Genetics: Adaptation and Natural Selection
6. Plant Adaptations to the Environment
7. Animal Adaptations to the Environment

III. POPULATIONS
8. Properties of Populations
9. Population Growth
10. Life History
11. Intraspecific Population Regulation
12. Metapopulations

IV. SPECIES INTERACTIONS
13. Species Interactions, Population Dynamics and Natural Selection
14. Interspecific Competition
15. Predation
16. Parasitism and Mutualism

V. COMMUNITY ECOLOGY
17. Community Structure
18. Factors Influencing the Structure of Communities
19. Community Dynamics
20. Landscape Ecology

VI. ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY
21. Ecosystem Energetics
22. Decomposition and Nutrient Cycling
23. Biogeochemical Cycles

VII. BIOGEOGRAPHICAL ECOLOGY
24. Terrestrial Ecosystems
25. Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems
26. Land-Water Margins
27. Large-scale Patterns of Biological Diversity

VIII. HUMAN ECOLOGY
28. Population Growth, Resource Use, and Sustainability
29 Global Climate Change

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