Microbial ecology : an evolutionary approach /
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Amsterdam:
Elsevier: Academic Press,
2006
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Section I. Ecology and evolution: 1. Core concepts in studying ecology and evolution 2. Molecules and origins of life 3.Species concepts and speciation
- Section II. Ecology of individuals: 4. The individuals 5. Growth and feeding 6. Ecology of sex
- Section III. Living together in pollutions : 7. Fundamentals of microbial population ecology 8. Metapopulations, multicellularity and modular growth 9. Effects of habitats , gemone size, diversity and bacterial communication on population processes 10. Population spatial stability
- Section IV. Living together in communities: Characteristics of communities and diversity 12. Concepts in community ecology 13. Microbes and the processing of nutrients 14. Species interactions and processes 15. Additional topics in species interactions
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index