Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Begon, Michael.

Publication

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Townsend, Colin R.
• Harper, John L.

Description

xii, 738 p. : col. ill., col. maps; 27 cm.

Subject

• Ecology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [659]-700) and index.

Contents

Organisms in their environments: the evolutionary backdrop -- Conditions -- Resources -- Life, death and life histories -- Intraspecific competition -- Dispersal, dormancy and metapopulations -- Ecological applications at the level of organisms and single-species populations: restoration, biosecurity and conservation -- Interspecific competition -- The nature of predation -- The population dynamics of predation -- Decomposers and detritivores -- Parasitism and disease -- Symbiosis and mutualism -- Abundance -- Ecological applications at the level of population interactions: pest control and harvest management -- The nature of the community: patterns in space and time -- The flux of energy through ecosystems -- The flux of matter through ecosystems -- The influence of population interactions on community structure -- Food webs -- Patterns in species richness -- Ecological applications at the level of communities and ecosystems: management based on the theory of succession, food webs, ecosystem functioning and biodiversity.

ISBN

1405111178 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2005004136
• 9781405111171

OCLC

• ocm57675855
• SCSB-9631985

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library