Table of Contents

*I. INTRODUCTION:*Why and How to Study Ecology*II. EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION BIOLOGY:*The Diversity of Life*Natural Selection, Speculation and Species*III. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY:*Group Selection and Individual Selection*Life History Variation*IV. POPULATION BIOLOGY:*Population Growth*Abiotic Factors*Mutualism*Competition and Coexistence*Predation*Herbivory*Parasitism*Evaluating the Relative Strengths of Mortalities*V. COMMUNITY ECOLOGY:*The Main Types of Communities*Species Richness*Species Diversity*Stability, Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium*Succession*Island Biogeography*VI. ECOSYSTEMS ECOLOGY:*Trophic Structure*Energy Flow*Nutrient Cycles*Glossary*Literature Cited*Index