This book contents: Section One Organismal Ecology (An Introduction to Ecology; Population Genetics; Natural Selection, Speciation, and Extinction; Behavioral Ecology); Section Two Physiological Ecology (Temperature; Water; Nutrients); Section Three Population Ecology (Demographic Techniques and Population Patterns; Life Tables and Demography; Population Growth); Section Four Species Interactions (Competition and Coexistence; Facilitation; Predation; Herbivory; Parasitism; Population Regulation); Section Five Community Ecology (Species Diversity; Species Richness Patterns; Species Richness and Community Services; Succession; Island Biogeography); Section Six Biomes (Terrestrial Biomes; Marine Biomes; freshwater Biomes); Section Seven Ecosystems Ecology (Food Webs and Energy Flow; Biomass Production; Biogeochemical Cycles). //ir