1 Introduction: What Is Ecology?

Section I

Natural History 11
2 Life on Land 12
3 Life in Water 47

Section II

Individuals 81
4 Temperature Relations 82
5 Water Relations 108
6 Energy and Nutrient Relations 133
7 Social Relations 157

Section III

Population Ecology 183
8 Population Genetics and Natural Selection 184
9 Population Distribution and Abundance 210
10 Population Dynamics 231
11 Population Growth 254
12 Life Histories 272

Section IV

Interactions 297
13 Competition 298
14 Exploitative Interactions: Predation, Herbivory, Parasitism, and Disease 320
15 Mutualism 347

Section V

Communities and Ecosystems 369
16 Species Abundance and Diversity 370
17 Species Interactions and Community Structure 391
18 Primary Production and Energy Flow 411
19 Nutrient Cycling and Retention 432
20 Succession and Stability 454

Section VI

Large-Scale Ecology 480
21 Landscape Ecology 481
22 Geographic Ecology 506
23 Global Ecology 530