The Princeton Guide to Ecology

Table of contents

• The Princeton Guide to Ecology i
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Preface vii
• Contributors ix
• The Princeton Guide to Ecology xv
• I - Autecology 1
• I.1 - Ecological Niche 3
• I.2 - Physiological Ecology- Animals 14
• I.3 - Physiological Ecology- Plants 20
• I.4 - Functional Morphology- Muscles, Elastic Mechanisms, and Animal Performance 27
• I.5 - Habitat Selection 38
• I.6 - Dispersal 45
• I.7 - Foraging Behavior 51
• I.8 - Social Behavior 59
• I.9 - Phenotypic Plasticity 65
• I.10 - Life History 72
• I.11 - Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems 79
• I.12 - Geographic Range 87
• I.13 - Adaptation 93
• I.14 - Phenotypic Selection 101
• I.15 - Population Genetics and Ecology 109
• I.16 - Phylogenetics and Comparative Methods 117
• I.17 - Microevolution 126
• I.18 - Ecological Speciation- Natural Selection and the Formation of New Species 134
• I.19 - Adaptive Radiation 143
• II - Population Ecology 153
• II.1 - Age-Structured and Stage-Structured Population Dynamics 155
• II.2 - Density Dependence and Single-Species Population Dynamics 166
• II.3 - Biological Chaos and Complex Dynamics 172
• II.4 - Metapopulations and Spatial Population Processes 177
• II.5 - Competition and Coexistence in Plant Communities 186
• II.6 - Competition and Coexistence in Animal Communities 196
• II. 7 - Predator–Prey Interactions 202
• II. 8 - Host-Parasitoid Interactions 213
• II.9 - Ecological Epidemiology 220
• II.10 - Interactions between Plants and Herbivores 227
• II.11 - Mutualism and Symbiosis 233
• II.12 - Ecology of Microbial Populations 239
• II.13 - Coevolution 247
• III - Communities and Ecosystems 253
• III.1 - Biodiversity- Concepts, Patterns, and Measurement 257
• III.2 - Competition, Neutrality, and Community Organization 264
• III. 3 - Predation and Community Organization 274
• III. 4 - Facilitation and the Organization of Plant Communities 282
• III.5 - Indirect Effects in Communities and Ecosystems- The Role of Trophic and Nontrophic Interactions 289
• III. 6 - Top-Down and Bottom-Up Regulation of Communities 296
• III.7 - The Structure and Stability of Food Webs 305
• III.8 - Spatial and Metacommunity Dynamics in Biodiversity 312
• III.9 - Ecosystem Productivity and Carbon Flows- Patterns across Ecosystems 320
• III.10 - Nutrient Cycling and Biogeochemistry 330
• III.11 - Terrestrial Carbon and Biogeochemical Cycles 340
• III.12 - Freshwater Carbon and Biogeochemical Cycles 347
• III.13 - The Marine Carbon 358
• III.14 - Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning 367
• III.15 - Ecological Stoichiometry 376
• III.16 - Macroecological Perspectives on Communities and Ecosystems 386
• III.17 - Alternative Stable States and Regime Shifts in Ecosystems 395
• III.18 - Responses of Communities and Ecosystems to Global Changes 407
• III.19 - Evolution of Communities and Ecosystems 414
• IV - Landscapes and the Biosphere 423
• IV.1 - Landscape Dynamics 425
• IV.2 - Landscape Pattern and Biodiversity 431
• IV.3 - Ecological Dynamics in Fragmented Landscapes 438
• IV.4 - Biodiversity Patterns in Managed and Natural Landscapes 445
• IV.5 - Boundary Dynamics in Landscapes 458
• IV.6 - Spatial Patterns of Species Diversity in Terrestrial Environments 464
• IV.7 - Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions in Landscapes 474
• IV.8 - Seascape Patterns and Dynamics of Coral Reefs 482
• IV.9 - Seascape Microbial Ecology- Habitat Structure, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Function 488
• IV.10 - Spatial Dynamics of Marine Fisheries 501
• V - Conservation Biology 511
• V.1 - Causes and Consequences of Species Extinctions 514
• V.2 - Population Viability Analysis 521
• V.3 - Principles of Reserve Design 529
• V.4 - Building and Implementing Systems of Conservation Areas 538
• V.5 - Marine Conservation 548
• V.6 - Conservation and Global Climate Change 557
• V.7 - Restoration Ecology 566
• VI - Ecosystem Services 573
• VI.1 - Ecosystem Services- Issues of Scale and Trade-Offs 579
• VI.2 - Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, and Ecosystem Services 584
• VI.3 - Beyond Biodiversity- Other Aspects of Ecological Organization 591
• VI.4 - Human-Dominated Systems- Agroecosystems 597
• VI.5 - Forests 606
• VI.6 - Grasslands 614
• VI.7 - Marine Ecosystem Services 619
• VI.8 - Provisioning Services- A Focus on Fresh Water 625
• VI.9 - Regulating Services- A Focus on Disease Regulation 634
• VI.10 - Support Services- A Focus on Genetic Diversity 642
• VI.11 - The Economics of Ecosystem Services 652
• VI.12 - Technological Substitution and Augmentation of Ecosystem Services 659
• VI.13 - Conservation of Ecosystem Services 670
• VII - Managing the Biosphere 679
• VII.1 - Biological Control- Theory and Practice 683
• VII.2 - Fisheries Management 689
• VII.3 - Wildlife Management 695
• VII.4 - Managing the Global Water System 701
• VII.5 - Managing Nutrient Mobilization and Eutrophication 712
• VII.6 - Managing Infectious Diseases 718
• VII.7 - Agriculture, Land Use, and the Transformation of Planet Earth 724
• VII.8 - The Ecology, Economics, and Management of Alien Invasive Species 731
• VII.9 - Ecological Economics- Principles of Economic Policy Design for Ecosystem Management 740
• VII.10 - Governance and Institutions 748
• VII.11 - Assessments- Linking Ecology to Policy 754
• Milestones in Ecology 761
• Glossary 775
• Index 793

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