Brief Contents The Nature of Ecology Climate The Aquatic Environment The Terrestrial Environment Adaptation and Natural Selection Plant Adaptations to the Environment Animal Adaptations to the Environment Properties of Populations Population Growth Life History Intraspecific Population Regulation Species Interactions, Population Dynamics, and Natural Selection Interspecific Competition Predation Parasitism and Mutualism Community Structure Factors Influencing the Structure of Communities Community Dynamics Landscape Dynamics Ecosystem Energetics Decomposition and Nutrient Cycling Biogeochemical Cycles Terrestrial Ecosystems Aquatic Ecosystems Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems Large-Scale Patterns of Biological Diversity Global Climate Change