Environmental Biology -- Copyright -- Contents -- Series editors' preface -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of boxes -- Acknowledgements -- An introduction to environmental biology -- Chapter 1 The basic organisation of living forms -- 1.1 The fundamentals of life -- 1.2 The diversity of life -- Chapter 2 The biosphere -- 2.1 The terrestrial biomes -- 2.2 The aquatic biomes -- Chapter 3 Basic ecological concepts and processes -- 3.1 Energy in ecosystems -- 3.2 Food chains and food webs -- 3.3 Biogeochemical cycles and material recycling -- Chapter 4 Conditions and resources: major determinants of ecology -- 4.1 Conditions -- 4.2 Resources -- Chapter 5 Individuals -- 5.1 What is an individual? -- 5.2 Ecological physiology: resistance, tolerance and adaptation -- 5.3 Metabolic rate -- 5.4 Behaviour -- 5.5 Reproduction -- 5.6 Life cycles and life history strategy -- 5.7 Feeding strategies and mechanisms -- Chapter 6 Populations -- 6.1 Ecological genetics -- 6.2 Population growth and regulation -- Chapter 7 Communities and ecosystems -- 7.1 Habitats and niches -- 7.2 Patchiness -- 7.3 Trophic interactions and productivity -- 7.4 Succession -- 7.5 Biodiversity, stability and resilience -- 7.6 Biogeography -- Glossary -- Index.