The Princeton Guide to Ecology by Levin, Simon A. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Contents Preface Contributors Part I: Autecology

I.1 Ecological Niche I.2 Physiological Ecology: Animals I.3 Physiological Ecology: Plants I.4 Functional Morphology: Muscles, Elastic Mechanisms, and Animal Performance I.5 Habitat Selection I.6 Dispersal I.7 Foraging Behavior I.8 Social Behavior I.9 Phenotypic Plasticity I.10 Life History I.11 Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems I.12 Geographic Range I.13 Adaptation I.14 Phenotypic Selection I.15 Population Genetics and Ecology I.16 Phylogenetics and Comparative Methods I.17 Microevolution I.18 Ecological Speciation: Natural Selection and the Formation of New Species I.19 Adaptive Radiation

Part II: Population Ecology

II.1 Age-Structured and Stage-Structured Population Dynamics II.2 Density Dependence and Single-Species Population Dynamics II.3 Biological Chaos and Complex Dynamics II.4 Metapopulations and Spatial Population Processes II.5 Competition and Coexistence in Plant Communities II.6 Competition and Coexistence in Animal Communities II.7 Predator–Prey Interactions II.8 Host–Parasitoid Interactions II.9 Ecological Epidemiology II.10 Interactions between Plants and Herbivores II.11 Mutualism and Symbiosis II.12 Ecology of Microbial Populations II.13 Coevolution

Part III: Communities and Ecosystems

Part IV: Landscapes and the Biosphere

Part V: Conservation Biology

V.1 Causes and Consequences of Species Extinctions V.2 Population Viability Analysis V.3 Principles of Reserve Design V.4 Building and Implementing Systems of Conservation Areas V.5 Marine Conservation V.6 Conservation and Global Climate Change V.7 Restoration Ecology

Part VI: Ecosystem Services

VI.1 Ecosystem Services: Issues of Scale and Trade-Offs VI.2 Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, and Ecosystem Services VI.3 Beyond Biodiversity: Other Aspects of Ecological Organization VI.4 Human-Dominated Systems: Agroecosystems VI.5 Forests VI.6 Grasslands VI.7 Marine Ecosystem Services VI.8 Provisioning Services: A Focus on Fresh Water VI.9 Regulating Services: A Focus on Disease Regulation VI.10 Support Services: A Focus on Genetic Diversity VI.11 The Economics of Ecosystem Services VI.12 Technological Substitution and Augmentation of Ecosystem Services VI.13 Conservation of Ecosystem Services

Part VII: Managing the Biosphere

Milestones in Ecology Glossary Index