1 Introduction to Ecology: Historical Foundations and Developing Frontiers
Section1 Natural History and Evolution
2 Life on Land 9
3 Life in Water 40
4 Population Genetics and Natural Selection 70

Section 2 Adaptations to the Environment 90
5 Temperature Relations 90
6 Water Relations 114
7 Energy and Nutrient Relations 135
8 Social Relations 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 Interactions 248
13 Competition 248
14 Exploitative Interactions: Predation, Herbivory, Parasitism, and Disease 268
15 Mutualism 290

Section 5 Communities and Ecosystems 307
16 Species Abundance and Diversity 307
17 Species Interactions 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