ABSTRACT

This book is designed to give students rapid and easy access to key ecological material to assist learning and revision. Key topics such as populations and interactions, ecosystems, population genetics, community patterns and many more are structured into manageable sections, each cross-referenced, to allow easy navigation through the information.

chapter 1|9 pages

Section A – Introduction to Ecology

chapter 2|10 pages

Adaptation to the environment

chapter 3|10 pages

Section C – Climate

chapter 4|11 pages

Section D – Water

chapter 5|10 pages

Section E – Temperature

chapter 6|6 pages

Section F – Radiation

chapter 7|14 pages

Section G – Nutrients

chapter 8|23 pages

Section H – Population ecology

chapter 9|15 pages

Section I – Competition

chapter 10|10 pages

Section J – Predation

chapter 11|12 pages

Section K – Parasitism

chapter 12|5 pages

Section L – Mutualism

chapter 13|9 pages

Section M – Life history patterns

chapter 14|12 pages

Section N - Behavioral Ecology

chapter 15|11 pages

Section O – Population Genetics

chapter 16|13 pages

Section P – Ecosystem Processes

chapter 17|17 pages

Section Q – Communities

chapter 18|11 pages

Section R – Community dynamics

chapter 19|37 pages

Section S – Biomes

chapter 20|10 pages

Section T – Harvesting

chapter 21|14 pages

Section U – Pest Control

chapter 22|18 pages

Section V – Conservation

chapter 23|13 pages

Section W – Pollution and global warming

chapter 24|11 pages

Section X – The ecology of agriculture