Begon, Michael, <br/><br/>
Ecology :  from individuals to ecosystems / 
Michael Begon, Colin R. Townsend. 
 - Fifth edition. 
 - xiii, 844 pages :  illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) 
<br/><br/> Previous edition: Malden: Blackwell, 2006. 
<br/><br/>Preface -- Introduction : ecology and its domain -- Organisms in their environments : the evolutionary backdrop -- Conditions -- Resources -- Matters of life and death -- Intraspecific competition -- Movement and metapopulations -- Life history ecology and evolution -- Interspecific competition -- The nature of predation -- The population dynamics of predation -- Decomposers and detritivores -- Parasitism and disease -- Facilitation : mutualism and commensalism -- Abundance -- Pest control, harvesting and conservation -- Community modules and the structure of ecological communities -- Food webs -- Patterns in species composition in space and time -- Patterns in biodiversity and their conservation -- The flux of energy through ecosystems -- The flux of matter through ecosystems -- Ecology in a changing world -- References -- Organism index -- Subject index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781119279358 9781119279310 9781119279372 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBC009559  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>019683007  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ecology.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>577