Ecology: From Individuals to Ecosystems

ISBN-13: 9781119279358 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 864 str.

Colin R. (University of Otago) Townsend

Spis treści

1. Organisms in their Environment 2. Conditions 3. Resources 4. Life, Death and Life Histories 5. Intraspecific Competition 6. Dispersal, Dormancy and Metapopulations 7. Interspecific Competition 8. The Population Dynamics of Predation 9. Parasitism and Disease 10. Symbiosis, Mutualism and Facilitation 11. Decomposers and Detritivores 12. Abundance 13. Managing populations - Conservation, Pest Control and Harvest Management 14. The Nature of the Community: Patterns in Space and Time 15. The Flux of Energy through Ecosystems 16. The Flux of Matter through Ecosystems 17. The Influence of Population Interactions on Community Structure 18. Food Webs 19. Patterns in Species Richness 20. Ecology in a changing world

O autorze

MICHAEL BEGON, PHD, is Professor of Ecology in the Department of Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour at the University of Liverpool. He specialises in the ecology of infectious diseases in wildlife populations, focusing on diseases transmissible to humans. COLIN R. TOWNSEND, is Professor Emeritus and Founding Director of the Ecology, Conservation and Biodiversity Research Group of Otago University. His research concerns the ecology of invasions and multiple stressors in stream ecosystems.