Contents list
1. The diversity of life
2. Global patterns of biodiversity and productivity: biomes
3. Interpreting ecological information
4. Climate and life on Earth
5. Interactions between individuals and the physical environment
6. Introducing biotic interactions and population models
7. Population demography and life history patterns
8. Interspecific competition
9. Predation, herbivory, parasitism and other interactions between populations
10. Similarities and differences in ecological interactions
11. Ecological communities
12. Ecosystems: the flux of energy and matter
13. The structure and composition of ecological communities
14. Species richness, abundance and diversity
15. Concluding remarks
