Bibliografía: p. 659-700.

Indice: p. 701-738.

Introduction. Ecology and its domain. Part 1. Organisms. 1. Organisms in their environments: the evolutionary backdrop. 2. Conditions. 3. Resources. 4. Life, death and life histories. 5. Intraspecific conpetition. 6. Dispersal, dormancy and metapopulations. 7. Ecological applications at the level of organisms and single-species populations: restoration, biosecurity and conservation. Part 2. Species interactions. 8. Insterspecific competition. 9. The nature of predation. 10. The population dynamics of predation. 11. Decomposers and detritivores. 12. Parasitism and disease. 13. Symbiosis and mutualism. 14. Abundance. 15. Ecological applications at the level of population interactions: pest control and harvest management. Part 3. Communities and ecosystems. 16. The nature of the community: patterns in space and time. 17. The flux of energy through ecosystems. 18. The flux of matter through eosystems. 19. The influence of population interactions on community structure. 20. Food webs. 21. Patterns in species richness. 22. Ecological application at the level of communities and ecosystems: management based on the theory of succession, food webs, ecosystem functioning and biodiversity.