Table of Contents

Part I: Organisms:IntroductionThe Match between Organisms and their EnvironmentsConditionsResourcesLife and Death in Unitary and Modular OrganismsDispersal, Dispersion and Migration in Space and TimePart II: Interactions:IntroductionIntraspecific CompetitionInterspecific CompetitionThe Nature of Predation; The Behaviour of PredatorsThe Population Dynamics of PredationDecomposers and DetritivoresParasitism and DiseaseSymbiosis and MutualismPart III: Three Overviews:IntroductionLife-History VariationAbundance; Manipulating Abundance: Killing and CullingPart IV: Communities:IntroductionThe Nature of the CommunityThe Flux of Energy through CommunitiesThe Flux of Matter through CommunitiesThe Influence of Competition on Community StructureThe Influence of Predation and Disturbance on Community StructureFood WebsIslands, Areas and ColonizationPatterns in Species RichnessConservation and BiodiversityGlossaryReferencesOrganism IndexSubject Index