TY - BOOK AU - Chapman, J. L. (Jenny Louise), 1955 - AU - TI - Ecology: : principles and applications, SN - 9780521588027 U1 - 577 CHA 22 PY - 1999///. CY - Cambridge: PB - Cambridge, U.P., KW - Ecology | Sociobiology | Conservation N1 - Includes references and index; Contents Introduction 2 12 The nature of ecology 3 The individual 5 23 Metabolic rate 7 24 Factors affecting metabolic rate 9 25 Size determines more than metabolic rate 10 26 Energy budgets 11 27 Distinguishing between growth and reproduction 13 115 Omnivores 126 117 Food webs 128 118 Pyramids of numbers 129 119 Pyramids of biomass 130 Energy transfer 132 123 Primary production in aquatic communities 136 125 Efficiencies in ecology 137 127 The efficiency of energy transfer in ecosystems 142 Autecology 16 33 The autecology of the European starling 19 Population dynamics 23 42 Dispersal of organisms 24 44 The study of populations 25 45 Presentation of demographic data 29 46 Evolutionary strategies 32 47 Modular organisms 34 Population regulation 37 52 Factors which regulate population size 39 53 Patterns in population dynamics 48 Ecological genetics 51 62 Reproductive systems 52 63 Genetic consequences of different reproductive systems 55 64 Patterns of genetic variation 58 65 Genetic variation within an organism 63 Behavioural ecology 64 74 Growth versus reproduction 68 76 Parental care 69 77 Breeding systems in plants 70 78 Alternative strategies 71 79 Games theory 72 710 Constraints on adaptation 74 Sociobiology 77 83 Disadvantages of group living 79 84 Optimal group size 80 86 The unit of selection and social behaviour 83 87 Human sociobiology 89 The environment 92 92 The physical environment 93 93 The biotic environment 101 94 Biotic and abiotic interactions 103 Habitats and niches 106 103 Causes competitive exclusion principle 110 104 Species coexistence 112 105 Fundamental and realised niches 113 106 Resource partitioning 114 107 Character displacement 116 109 Do plants need niches? 118 1010 Community structure of fish on coral reefs 119 Trophic levels 120 113 Decomposers 122 114 Herbivores and carnivores 125 128 Pyramids of energy 144 Nutrient cycling and pollution 147 132 The carbon cycle 148 133 The greenhouse effect 149 134 The nitrogen cycle 152 135 The phosphorus cycle 155 137 The importance of nutrient availability 156 138 Pollution 158 Communities 168 143 Global distribution of terrestrial communities 178 144 Patterns of diversity 181 Ecosystems 187 153 Wetland and aquatic ecosystems 196 154 Interrelationships of ecosystems 204 Succession 206 162 The causes of change 207 163 Examples of primary seres 208 164 Patterns of succession 211 165 Human influence on succession 215 Biomes 217 173 Wetland and freshwater biomes 227 174 Coastal and marine biomes 228 Biogeography 235 182 The historic effects of plate tectonics 236 183 Island biogeography 241 Coevolution 252 192 Pair wise coevolution 253 193 Diffuse coevolution 256 194 Insect pollination 258 195 Introduced species 263 Conservation principles 268 203 The philosophical basis for conservation 269 204 Conservation of species 273 205 Conservation of ecosystems 279 206 Conservation of the biosphere 283 Conservation in practice 284 213 Conservation of ecosystems 290 214 Conservation of the biosphere 296 215 What can individuals do? 300 Glossary 303 Bibliography 311 Index 327 Copyright Other editions - View all 1998 M12 10 No preview ER -