From the Book - Regular Print - Sixth edition.
Part II Physical Environment 19 --
Chapter 2 Solar Radiation and Climate 20 --
Chapter 3 Physical Environment 42 --
Part III Organism In Its Environment 79 --
Chapter 5 Adaptation 80 --
Chapter 6 Plant Adaptations to the Environment I: Photosynthesis and the Light Environment 85 --
Chapter 7 Plant Adaptations to the Environment II: Thermal, Moisture, and Nutrient Environments 98 --
Chapter 8 Animal Adaptations to the Environment 120 --
Chapter 9 Decomposition 145 --
Part IV Intraspecific Populations Ecology 159 --
Chapter 10 Properties of Populations 160 --
Chapter 11 Population Growth 181 --
Chapter 12 Intraspecific Competition: Population Regulation 194 --
Chapter 13 Life History Patterns 214 --
Part V Population Interactions 241 --
Chapter 14 Interspecific Competition 242 --
Chapter 15 Concepts of Predation 264 --
Chapter 16 Predators and Their Prey 284 --
Chapter 17 Coevolutionary Interactions: Parasitism and Mutualism 306 --
Chapter 18 Human Impacts on Populations 335 --
Part VI Ecological Genetics 355 --
Chapter 19 Population Genetics 356 --
Part VII Community 381 --
Chapter 20 Community Structure 382 --
Chapter 21 Community Dynamics 403 --
Chapter 22 Processes Controlling Community Dynamics 427 --
Chapter 23 Landscape Ecology 449 --
Part VIII Ecosystem 477 --
Chapter 24 Ecosystem Productivity 478 --
Chapter 25 Biogeochemistry I: Nutrient Cycling 504 --
Chapter 26 Biogeochemistry II: Global Cycles and Human Impacts 524 --
Chapter 27 Biogeography of Ecosystems 543 --
Part IX Comparative Ecosystem Ecology 561 --
Chapter 28 Grassland to Tundra 562 --
Chapter 29 Forests 601 --
Chapter 30 Freshwater Ecosystems 629 --
Chapter 31 Saltwater Ecosystems 665 --
Chapter 32 Global Environmental Change 699 --
Appendix A Sampling Plant and Animal Populations 722 --
Appendix B Measuring Community and Population Structure 752 --
Appendix C Distribution of World Vegetation Maps 767.
