Ecology/
Ricklets, Robert E.
Ecology/ Robert E. Ricklets, - New York: W.H. freeman and Company, 2000. - 822p.
PART 1 INTRODUCTION 1 16. Population Regulation 314
1. The Order of the Natural World 3 17. Metapopulations 329
2. Discovering the Order of Nature 19 18.
19.
Population Fluctuations and Cycles
Extinction,Conservation,and
346
PART 2 ORGANISMS IN PHYSICAL
ENVIRONMENTS 39
Restoration 360
3. Life and the Physical Environment 41 PART 5 POPULATION INTERACTIONS 381
4. Water and Solute Balance 53 20. Resources and Consumers 383
5. Energy and Heat 71 21. Competition Theory 403
6. Response to Variation in the 22. Competition in Nature 424
Environment 91 23. Predation 447
7. Biological Factors in the Environment 116 24. Herbivory and Parasitism 479
8. Climate,Topography,and the Diversity 25. Coevolution and Mutualism 504
of the Natural World 138
PART 6 COMMUNITY ECOLOGY 519
PART 5 ENERGY AND MATERIALS IN THE
26. The Concept of the Community 521
ECOSYSTEM 171 27. Structure of the Community 539
9. The Ecosystem Concept 173 28. Community Development 564
10. Energy Flow in Ecosystems 185 29. Biodiversity 588
11. Pathways ofElements in Ecosystems 202
12. Nutrient Regeneration in Terrestrial PART 7 EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY 619
and Aquatic Ecosystems 227 30. Evolution and Adaptation 621
13. Regulation of ecosystem Function 251 31. Adaptations to Heterogeneous
PART 4 POPULATION ECOLOGY
Environments 640
32. Evolution of Life Histories 658
14. " Population Structure 271 33. Sex ' 676
15. Population Growth 298 34. Evolution and Social Behavior 699
577 / RIC/E
Ecology/ Robert E. Ricklets, - New York: W.H. freeman and Company, 2000. - 822p.
PART 1 INTRODUCTION 1 16. Population Regulation 314
1. The Order of the Natural World 3 17. Metapopulations 329
2. Discovering the Order of Nature 19 18.
19.
Population Fluctuations and Cycles
Extinction,Conservation,and
346
PART 2 ORGANISMS IN PHYSICAL
ENVIRONMENTS 39
Restoration 360
3. Life and the Physical Environment 41 PART 5 POPULATION INTERACTIONS 381
4. Water and Solute Balance 53 20. Resources and Consumers 383
5. Energy and Heat 71 21. Competition Theory 403
6. Response to Variation in the 22. Competition in Nature 424
Environment 91 23. Predation 447
7. Biological Factors in the Environment 116 24. Herbivory and Parasitism 479
8. Climate,Topography,and the Diversity 25. Coevolution and Mutualism 504
of the Natural World 138
PART 6 COMMUNITY ECOLOGY 519
PART 5 ENERGY AND MATERIALS IN THE
26. The Concept of the Community 521
ECOSYSTEM 171 27. Structure of the Community 539
9. The Ecosystem Concept 173 28. Community Development 564
10. Energy Flow in Ecosystems 185 29. Biodiversity 588
11. Pathways ofElements in Ecosystems 202
12. Nutrient Regeneration in Terrestrial PART 7 EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY 619
and Aquatic Ecosystems 227 30. Evolution and Adaptation 621
13. Regulation of ecosystem Function 251 31. Adaptations to Heterogeneous
PART 4 POPULATION ECOLOGY
Environments 640
32. Evolution of Life Histories 658
14. " Population Structure 271 33. Sex ' 676
15. Population Growth 298 34. Evolution and Social Behavior 699
577 / RIC/E