Autecology

Gimme H. Walter, Rob Hengeveld

Preface, Chapter 1. Introduction—An Outline and Justification for Autecology, Chapter 2. Two Alternative Approaches in Ecology, Chapter 3. Basic Ecological Processes and the Autecological Generalization, Chapter 4. Spatio-Temporal Dynamics—Climatic Variables and the Response Rates of Organisms, Chapter 5. Environmental Matching—Individuals, Species and Scales in Ecology, Chapter 6. Environmental Response Systems of Organisms— Determinants of Spatio-Temporal Dynamics, Chapter 7. Quantifying Autecology — Survival, Reproduction and Movement, Chapter 8. Research in Ecology—Patterns and the Scientific Exploration and Reconstruction of Ecological Processes, Chapter 9. Organisms Across Space and Over Time—Deterministic Structures, Stochastic Influences, Environmental Gradients and Risk Analysis, Chapter 10. Contrasting the Ecological Paradigms—Principles, Related Sub-Disciplines, General Laws and Prediction, Appendix, Glossary, References, Index