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Chapter 1: Introduction to Ecology1.1 What Is Ecology?
1.2 What Important Ideas Will Emerge In Your Study Of Ecology?
Chapter 2: Adaptation and Evolution2.1 How Did Darwin Develop The Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection?
2.2 What Is Evolution?
2.3 What Are the Mechanisms of Evolution?
2.4 How Do Adaptations Arise? FEATURESThe Human ImpactThe Evolution of Resistance in Pathogens and Pests On the FrontlineGene Flow in Gobies Do the MathModeling the Rate of Change by Selection The Evolution ConnectionPhenotypic Plasticity
Chapter 3: Adaptations to the Physical Environment3.1 How Do Environmental Factors Limit Growth And Survival?
3.2 What Adaptations Avoid Harsh Conditions?
3.3 How Do Physiological Adaptations Alter The Organism''s Tolerance Limits? FEATURESThe Human ImpactProfound Changes to Coral Reefs On the Frontline Behavioral Thermoregulation in Lizards Do the MathWorking with Bell Curves The Evolution ConnectionPlant Adaptations to Life on Land
Chapter 4: Terrestrial Communities4.1 What Determines Species Distributions?
4.2 What Are The Fundamental Types Of Terrestrial Communities? FEATURESDo the MathThe Concept of Statistical Significance The Evolution ConnectionHistorical Effects on Species Distributions The Human ImpactGlobal Warming and Ecological Communities On the FrontlineGeographic Range Equilibrium
Chapter 5: Freshwater and Marine Communities5.1 How is Water Distributed Across the Earth?
5.2 What Kinds of Communities Occur In Freshwater Ecosystems?
5.3 What Kinds of Communities Occur In Marine Ecosystems?
5.4. What are the important Physical and Ecological Factors in Aquatic Systems?FEATURESOn the FrontlineRecovery from Coral Bleaching
.Do the MathLinear Regression The Human ImpactSurvival of the Everglades The Evolution ConnectionNot All Characteristics Are Adaptive
Chapter 6: Behavioral Ecology6.1 How Does Behavior Evolve?
6.2 What Role Does The Ecosystem Play In the Evolution of Behavior?
6.3 How Does The Social System Evolve? FEATURESThe Evolution ConnectionMeasuring the Contributions of Environment and Genetics to Behavior On the FrontlineBalancing Selection and Sexual Selection in an insect Do the MathUsing Hardy-Weinberg Analysis to Study Inbreeding The Human ImpactConservation of Wild Populations
Chapter 7: The Ecology of Intraspecific Variation7.1 What Are The Patterns of Local Environmental Variation?
7.2 What Are The Adaptive Responses To Local Environmental Variation?
7.3 What Factors Determine The Amount Of Intraspecific Variation?What Mechanisms Increase Genetic Variation?What Mechanisms Decrease Variation? How Do We Measure Genetic Variation In Populations?FEATURESOn the FrontlineIntraspecific Variation in Coral Reef Fish Swimming Phenotypes The Evolution ConnectionThe Evolution of Sex Do the MathMeasuring Genetic Variation The Human ImpactConservation Genetics in Small Populations
Chapter 8: Demography8.1 What Is a Population?
8.2 What Are The Key Quantitative Characteristics of a Population?
8.3 How Do Populations Change In Time and Space? FEATURESThe Evolution ConnectionThe Interaction of Evolution and Population Ecology On the FrontlineThe Human ImpactHuman Reproductive Rates Do the MathMatrix Algebra
Chapter 9: Population Regulation9.1 What Limits Population Growth?9.2 Are Populations Ever Stable?9.3 How Do Regulatory Factors Interact?9.4 How Do Populations Interact? FEATURESThe Human ImpactBiological Control of Pests Do the MathLogistic Growth with Dynamic Resources The Evolution ConnectionGroup Selection and Evolutionarily Stable Strategies On the FrontlineAdditive vs Compensatory Mortality in Grasshoppers
Chapter 10: Life History Strategies10.1 What Is A Life History Strategy?
10.2. Why Do Some Species Have Complex Life Cycles?
10.3 What Determines The Lifespan?
10.4 What Determines The Optimal Reproductive Pattern? FEATURESThe Evolution ConnectionTechnology and Evolutionary Strategies Do the MathThe Difference in Production between Semelparity and Interoparity On the FrontlineReproductive effort and senescence in birds The Human ImpactThe Effect of Life History on the Risk of Extinction
Chapter 11: Competition
11.1 What Is Competition?
11.2 What Determines The Intensity of Competition?
11.3 What Are The Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Competition? FEATURESOn the FrontlineCharacter Displacement in Chickadee Songs The Human ImpactCompetition and Invasive Species The Evolution ConnectionThe Effect of Competition on Evolutionary History Do the MathHow to Quantify Niche Overlap
Chapter 12: Coevolution I: Exploitative Interactions12.1 How Do Predators And Prey Adapt To One Another?
12.2 How Do Plants Respond To Herbivory?
12.3 How Do Parasites And Their Hosts Coevolve? FEATURESDo the MathHow Long Should a Predator Remain in a Patch? On the FrontlineThe Evolution Connection The Phylogenetic Relationship of Parasites and Hosts The Human ImpactChapter 13: Coevolution II: Mutualism13.1 What Are The Fundamental Types of Mutualism?
13.2 How Does Mutualism Arise?
13.1 What Are The Ecological Consequences Of Mutualism FEATURESDo The MathCheaters and the Prisoners Dilemma On the FrontlineAnts Disrupt Bublebee-Flower Pollination MutualismThe Evolution ConnectionWhat Is The Evolutionary History of Mutualism?The Human ImpactMutualism And Species ConservationChapter 14: The Structure of Communities14.1 What Processes Determine Community Composition?
13.2 How Does Competition Structure the Community?
13.3 What Other Ecological Factors Structure the Community? FEATURESDo the MathThe Null Hypothesis in Community Structure The Human ImpactCompetition from Invasive Species The Evolution ConnectionCommunity Heritability and Structure On the FrontlineThe Determinants of Local Tropical Forest Species Diversity
Chapter 15: Ecological Succession15.1 What Are The Effects of Disturbance?
15. 2 What Are The Patterns of Vegetation Change Following Disturbance?
15.3 What Causes Successional Change?
15.4 What Role Do Consumers Play in Succession? FEATURESOn the FrontlineFacilitation in aspen-conifer forests Do the MathMarkov Chains The Human ImpactSuccession and Conservation Biology The Evolution ConnectionPioneer Species
Chapter 16: Species Diversity16.1 How Do We Measure Species Diversity?
16.2 How Do Communities Vary in Species diversity?
16.3 Why Do Communities Differ In Species Diversity? FEATURESOn the FrontlineThe Human ImpactThe Sixth Mass Extinction Do the MathThe Equilibrium Number of Species on an Island The Evolution Connection How Species Arise
Chapter 17: Energy Flow and Trophic Structure17.1 What Are The Energy Sources in Ecosystems?
17.2 What Limits Primary Production?
17.3 What Controls Energy Flow through Consumers?
17.4 How Does Energy Flow Structure Ecosystems? FEATURESThe Human ImpactBiomagnification The Evolution ConnectionThe Evolution of C4 Photosynthesis Do the MathAllometry On the FrontlineProduction and Food Chain Length
Chapter 18: Biogeochemical Cycles18.1 What Are The Important Mechanisms Of Nutrient Cycling?18.2 What Are The Major Types Of Nutrient Cycles?18.3 What Is The Role Of Disturbance?FEATURESDo the MathVariance and Ecosystem Models The Evolution ConnectionOxygen and the Origin of Complex Life Forms The Human ImpactSoil Fertility and Nutrient Cycles On the FrontlineThe Response of the Forest Nitrogen Cycle to Disturbance
Chapter 19: Conservation Biology19.1 What Are The Global Patterns of Species Richness And Extinction?
19.2 What Processes Lead To Extinction?
19.3 How Can We Prevent Extinction? FEATURESThe Evolution ConnectionEvolution of the Population Growth Rate On the FrontlineExtinction Debt in a Mediterranean Shrub Do the MathMaximum Sustainable Yield The Human ImpactThe Value of Biodiversity
Chapter 20: Landscape Ecology20.1 What Is An Ecological Landscape?
20.2 How Do We Quantify Landscape Patterns?
20.3 What Are The Effects Of Landscape Scale and Structure? FEATURESThe Human ImpactRecovery of the Black-Footed Ferret The Evolution ConnectionLandscape Genetics Do the MathFractal Geometry On the FrontlineAgricultural disturbance and tropical forest regeneration
Chapter 21: Human Global Ecology21.1 What Is The History Of The Human Environmental Impact?
21.2 How Does Human Activity Threaten The Environment?
21.3 What Ecological Principles Can We Apply To Environmental Problems? FEATURESDo the MathThe Binomial Probability The Evolution ConnectionGenetically Modified Organisms On the FrontlinePlant extinction: Habitat loss or climate change? The Human ImpactThe Relationship of Humans to the Natural World