Essentials of Ecology
- Delhi: Wiley, 2018.
- xiii,440p.
Part I. Introduction : -- 1. Ecology and how to do it -- 2. Ecology's evolutionary backdrop -- Part II. Conditions and Resources : -- 3. Physical conditions and the availability of resources -- 4. Climate and the world's biomes -- Part III. Individuals and Populations : -- 5. Birth, death and movement -- 6. Interspecific competition -- 7. Predation, grazing and disease -- 8. Molecular and evolutionary ecology -- Part IV. Communities and Ecosystems : -- 9. From populations to communities -- 10. Patterns in species richness -- 11. The flux of energy and matter through ecosystems -- Part V. Applied Issues in Ecology : -- 12. Global biogeochemical cycles and their alteration by humans -- 13. Conservation ecology -- 14. The ecology of human population growth, disease, and food supply.