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Title	Author	# of Pages
Ecology: The Experimental Analysis of Distribution and Abundance	Charles J. Krebs	694

Contents

(Each sections includes various subjects under it)

1. Introduction to the science of ecology    (p. 3)
2. Factors limiting distributions: dispersal    (p. 17)
3. Factors limiting distributions: behavior    (p. 29)
4. Factors limiting distributions: interrelations with other organisms    (p. 35)
5. Factors limiting distributions: temperature    (p. 57)
6. Factors limiting distributions: moisture    (p. 70)
7. Factors limiting distributions: other physical and chemical factors    (p. 88)
8. Complications: adaptation    (p. 110)
9. Population parameters    (p. 139)
10. Demographic techniques    (p. 154)
11. Population growth    (p. 182)
12. Species interactions: competition    (p. 211)
13. Species interactions: predation    (p. 245)
14. Natural regulation of population size    (p. 269)
15. Some examples of population studies    (p. 289)
16. Applied problems I: the optimum-yield problem    (p. 343)
17. Applied problems II: biological control    (p. 365)
18. Community parameters    (p. 379)
19. The nature of the community    (p. 391)
20. Community change    (p. 416)
21. Community metabolism I: primary production    (p. 440)
22. Community metabolism II: secondary production    (p. 470)
23. Species diversity    (p. 500)
24. Community organization    (p. 540)
25. Evolutionary ecology    (p. 560)
26. Human population    (p. 587)
27. Food production    (p. 607)

Epilogue    (p. 623)
Appendix I    Estimation of the size of the marked population in capture-recapture studies    (p. 625)
Appendix II    Instantaneous and finite rates    (p. 627)
Glossary    (p. 632)
Mathematical symbols    (p. 639)
Bibliography    (p. 644)
Species Index    (p. 685)
Subject Index    (p. 689)