TY - BOOK AU - Begon, Michael AU - Howarth,Robert W & Townsend Colin R TI - Essentials of Ecology SN - 9788126574827 U1 - 577 PY - 2018/// CY - Delhi PB - Wiley KW - Ecology KW - evolutionary ecology N1 - Part I. Introduction : -- 1. Ecology and how to do it -- 2. Ecology's evolutionary backdrop -- Part II. Conditions and Resources : -- 3. Physical conditions and the availability of resources -- 4. Climate and the world's biomes -- Part III. Individuals and Populations : -- 5. Birth, death and movement -- 6. Interspecific competition -- 7. Predation, grazing and disease -- 8. Molecular and evolutionary ecology -- Part IV. Communities and Ecosystems : -- 9. From populations to communities -- 10. Patterns in species richness -- 11. The flux of energy and matter through ecosystems -- Part V. Applied Issues in Ecology : -- 12. Global biogeochemical cycles and their alteration by humans -- 13. Conservation ecology -- 14. The ecology of human population growth, disease, and food supply ER -