1 Introduction to Ecology: Historical Foundatio and Developing
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Section1 Natural History and Evolution
2 Life on Land 9
3 Life in Water 40
4 Population Genetics and Natural Selection 70
Section 2 Adaptatio to the Environment 90
5 Temperature Relatio 90
6 Water Relatio 114
7 Energy and Nutrient Relatio 135
8 Social Relatio 156
Section 3 Population Ecology 181
9 Population Distribution and Abundance 181
10 Population Dynamics 196
11 Population Growth 216
12 Life Histories 227
Section 4 Interactio 248
13 Competition 248
14 Exploitative Interactio: Predation, Herbivory, Parasitism, and
Disease 268
15 Mutualism 290
Section 5 Communities and Ecosystems 307
16 Species Abundance and Diveity 307
17 Species Interactio and Community Structure 325
18 Primary Production and Energy Flow 344
19 Nutrient Cycling and Retention 361
20 Succession and Stability 381
Section 6LargeScale Ecology 403
21 Landscape Ecology 403
22 Geographic Ecology 426
23 Global Ecology 444
Appendix Statistical Tables 464