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The nature of ecology

Climate

The aquatic environment

The terrestrial environment

Adaptation and natural selection

Plant adaptations to the environment

Animal adaptations to the environment

Properties of populations

Population growth

Life history

Intraspecific population regulation

Species interactions, population dynamics, and natural selection

Interspecific competition

Predation

Parasitism and mutualism

Community structure

Factors influencing the structure of communities

Community dynamics

Landscape dynamics

Ecosystem energetics

Decomposition and nutrient cycling

Biogeochemical cycles

Terrestrial ecosystems

Aquatic ecosystems

Coastal and wetland ecosystems

Large-scale patterns of biological diversity

The ecology of climate change