Essentials of ecology

By: Townsend, Colin RContributor(s): Harper, John L | Begon, MichaelMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Science, c2000Description: xvii, 552 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmISBN: 9780632043484; 0632043482Subject(s): EcologyDDC classification: 574.5
Contents:
Introduction -- Ecology and how to do it -- Introduction -- Scales, diversity and rigor -- Ecology in practice -- Ecology's evolutionary backdrop -- Introduction -- Evolution by natural selection -- Evolution within species -- The ecology of speciation -- Effects of climatic change on the evolution and distribution of species -- Effects of continental drift on the ecology of evolution -- Interpreting the results of evolution: convergents and parallels -- Conditions and Resources -- Physical conditions and the availability of resources -- Introduction -- Environmental conditions -- Plant resources -- Animals and their resources -- Effects of intraspecific competition for resources -- Conditions, resources and the ecological niche -- Conditions, resources and the world's communities -- Introduction -- Geographic patterns at large and small scales -- Temporal patterns in conditions and resources -- Terrestrial biomes -- Aquatic environments -- Individuals, Populations, Communities and Ecosystems -- Birth, death and movement -- Introduction -- Life cycles -- Monitoring birth and death: life tables and fecundity schedules -- Dispersal and migration -- The impact of intraspecific competition on populations -- Life history patterns -- Interspecific competition -- Introduction -- Ecological effects of interspecific competition -- Evolutionary effects of interspecific competition -- Interspecific competition and community structure -- How significant is interspecific competition in practice -- Introduction -- Prey fitness and abundance -- The subtleties of predation -- Predator behavior: foraging and transmission -- Population dynamics of predation -- Predation and community structure -- Evolutionary ecology -- Introduction -- Molecular ecology: differentiation within and between species -- Coevolutionary arms races -- Mutualistic interactions -- From populations to communities -- Introduction -- Multiple determinants of the dynamics of populations -- Dispersal, patches and metapopulation dynamics -- Temporal patterns in community composition -- Food webs -- Patterns in species richness -- Introduction -- A simple model of species richness -- Spatially varying factors that influence species richness -- Temporally varying factors that influence species richness -- Gradients of species richness -- Patterns in taxon richness in the fossil record -- Appraisal of patterns in species richness -- The flux of energy and matter through ecosystems -- Introduction -- Primary productivity -- The fate of primary productivity -- The process of decomposition -- The flux of matter through ecosystems -- Global biogeochemical cycles -- Applied Issues in Ecology -- Sustainability -- Introduction -- The human population 'problem' -- Harvesting living resources from the wild -- The farming of monocultures -- Pest control -- Integrated farming systems -- Forecasting agriculturally driven global environmental change -- Habitat degradation -- Introduction -- Degradation via cultivation -- Power generation and its diverse effects -- Degradation in urban and industrial landscapes -- Maintenance and restoration of ecosystem services -- Conservation -- Introduction -- Threats to biodiversity -- Conservation in practice -- Conservation in a changing world -- Finale.
Summary: Presenting a balanced overview of ecology, with examples drawn from terrestrial and aquatic environments and from a variety of organism types, this work outlines the major tenets of ecology in a concise and simplified manner
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Included Index

Introduction --
Ecology and how to do it --
Introduction --
Scales, diversity and rigor --
Ecology in practice --
Ecology's evolutionary backdrop --
Introduction --
Evolution by natural selection --
Evolution within species --
The ecology of speciation --
Effects of climatic change on the evolution and distribution of species --
Effects of continental drift on the ecology of evolution --
Interpreting the results of evolution: convergents and parallels --
Conditions and Resources --
Physical conditions and the availability of resources --
Introduction --
Environmental conditions --
Plant resources --
Animals and their resources --
Effects of intraspecific competition for resources --
Conditions, resources and the ecological niche --
Conditions, resources and the world's communities --
Introduction --
Geographic patterns at large and small scales --
Temporal patterns in conditions and resources --
Terrestrial biomes --
Aquatic environments --
Individuals, Populations, Communities and Ecosystems --
Birth, death and movement --
Introduction --
Life cycles --
Monitoring birth and death: life tables and fecundity schedules --
Dispersal and migration --
The impact of intraspecific competition on populations --
Life history patterns --
Interspecific competition --
Introduction --
Ecological effects of interspecific competition --
Evolutionary effects of interspecific competition --
Interspecific competition and community structure --
How significant is interspecific competition in practice --
Introduction --
Prey fitness and abundance --
The subtleties of predation --
Predator behavior: foraging and transmission --
Population dynamics of predation --
Predation and community structure --
Evolutionary ecology --
Introduction --
Molecular ecology: differentiation within and between species --
Coevolutionary arms races --
Mutualistic interactions --
From populations to communities --
Introduction --
Multiple determinants of the dynamics of populations --
Dispersal, patches and metapopulation dynamics --
Temporal patterns in community composition --
Food webs --
Patterns in species richness --
Introduction --
A simple model of species richness --
Spatially varying factors that influence species richness --
Temporally varying factors that influence species richness --
Gradients of species richness --
Patterns in taxon richness in the fossil record --
Appraisal of patterns in species richness --
The flux of energy and matter through ecosystems --
Introduction --
Primary productivity --
The fate of primary productivity --
The process of decomposition --
The flux of matter through ecosystems --
Global biogeochemical cycles --
Applied Issues in Ecology --
Sustainability --
Introduction --
The human population 'problem' --
Harvesting living resources from the wild --
The farming of monocultures --
Pest control --
Integrated farming systems --
Forecasting agriculturally driven global environmental change --
Habitat degradation --
Introduction --
Degradation via cultivation --
Power generation and its diverse effects --
Degradation in urban and industrial landscapes --
Maintenance and restoration of ecosystem services --
Conservation --
Introduction --
Threats to biodiversity --
Conservation in practice --
Conservation in a changing world --
Finale.

Presenting a balanced overview of ecology, with examples drawn from terrestrial and aquatic environments and from a variety of organism types, this work outlines the major tenets of ecology in a concise and simplified manner

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