Contents:
Part 1 Introduction
ch 1 The scope of insect ecology
Part 2 Behavioral ecology
ch 2 Behavior, mating systems and sexual selection
ch 3 Social insects: the evolution and ecological consequences of sociality
Part 3 Species interactions
ch 4 Plant and herbivore interactions
ch 5 Lateral interactions: competition, amensalism and facilitation
ch 6 Mutualisms
ch 7 Prey and predator interactions
ch 8 Parasite and host interactions
Part IV Population ecology
ch 9 Demography, population growth and life tables
ch 10 Life histories
ch 11 Population dynamics
Part V Food webs and communities
ch 12 Community structure
ch 13 Multitrophic interactions
Part IV Broad patterns in nature
ch 14 Biological diversity
ch 15 Planet Earth: patterns and processes
Glossary
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