Choose a chapter: About the Book 1: Ecology: Meaning and Scope 2: Solar Radiation and Climate 3: The Physical Environment 4: Soils 5: Adaptation 6: Plant Adaptations I: Photosynthesis and Light Environment 7: Plant Adaptations II: Thermal, Moisture, and Nutrient Environments 8: Animal Adaptations to the Environment 9: Decomposition 10: Properties of Populations 11: Population Growth 12: Intraspecific Competition: Population Regulation 13: Life History Patterns 14: Interspecific Competition 15: Concepts of Predation 16: Predators and Their Prey 17: Coevolutionary Interactions: Parasitism and Mutualism 18: Human Impacts on Populations 19: Population Genetics 20: Community Structure 21: Community Dynamics 22: Processes Controlling Community Dynamics 23: Landscape Ecology 24: Ecosystems Productivity 25: Biogeochemistry I: Nutrient Cycling 26: Biogeochemistry II: Global Cycles and Human Impacts 27: Biogeography of Ecosystems 28: Grassland to Tundra 29: Forests 30: Freshwater Ecosystems 31: Saltwater Ecosystems 32: Global Environmental Change Instructor Resources Collaborative Network