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Ecology : from individuals to ecosystems / Michael Begon, Colin R. Townsend, John L. Harper.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2006.Edition: 4th edDescription: xii, 738 p. : ill. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 1405111178 (hard cover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 577 22
LOC classification:
  • QH54 BEG 2006
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Contents:
Introduction : ecology and its domain -- 1. Organisms in their environments : the evolutionary backdrop -- 2. Conditions -- 3. Resources -- 4. Life, death and life histories -- 5. Intraspecific competition -- 6. Dispersal, dormancy and metapopulations -- 7. Ecological applications at the level of organisms and single-species populations : restoration, biosecurity and conservation -- 8. Interspecific competition -- 9. The nature of predation -- 10. The population dynamics of predation -- 11. Decomposers and detritivores -- 12. Parasitism and disease -- 13. Symbiosis and mutualism -- 14. Abundance -- 15. Ecological applications at the level of population interactions : pest control and harvest management -- 16. The nature of the community : patterns in space and time -- 17. The flux of energy through ecosystems -- 18. The flux of matter through ecosystems -- 19. The influence of population interactions on community structure -- 20. Food webs -- 21. Patterns in species richness -- 22. Ecological applications at the level of communities and ecosystems : management based on the theory of succession, food webs, ecosystem functioning and biodiversity.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [659]-700) and index.

Introduction : ecology and its domain -- 1. Organisms in their environments : the evolutionary backdrop -- 2. Conditions -- 3. Resources -- 4. Life, death and life histories -- 5. Intraspecific competition -- 6. Dispersal, dormancy and metapopulations -- 7. Ecological applications at the level of organisms and single-species populations : restoration, biosecurity and conservation -- 8. Interspecific competition -- 9. The nature of predation -- 10. The population dynamics of predation -- 11. Decomposers and detritivores -- 12. Parasitism and disease -- 13. Symbiosis and mutualism -- 14. Abundance -- 15. Ecological applications at the level of population interactions : pest control and harvest management -- 16. The nature of the community : patterns in space and time -- 17. The flux of energy through ecosystems -- 18. The flux of matter through ecosystems -- 19. The influence of population interactions on community structure -- 20. Food webs -- 21. Patterns in species richness -- 22. Ecological applications at the level of communities and ecosystems : management based on the theory of succession, food webs, ecosystem functioning and biodiversity.

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