Defining Community Boundaries
Complexity and Stability
Communities Are Dynamic
16.2 Niche and Habitat
The Niche Concept
The Habitat Concept
16.3 Kinds of Organism Interactions
Competition
Competition and Natural Selection
Predation
Symbiotic Relationships
Parasitism
Special Kinds of Predation and Parasitism
Commensalism
Mutualism
16.4 Types of Communities
Temperate Deciduous Forest
Temperate Grassland (Prairie)
Savanna
Mediterranean Shrublands (Chaparral)
Tropical Dry Forest
Desert
Boreal Coniferous Forest
Temperate Rainforest
Tundra
Tropical Rainforest
The Relationship Between Elevation and Climate
16.5 Major Aquatic Ecosystems
Marine Ecosystems
Freshwater Ecosystems
16.6 Succession
Primary Succession
Secondary Succession
Modern Concepts of Succession and Climax
Succession and Human Activity
16.7 The Impact of Human Actions on Communities
Introduced Species
Predator Control
Habitat Destruction
Pesticide Use
Biomagnification
HOW SCIENCE WORKS 16.1: Whole Ecosystem Experiments
OUTLOOKS 16.1: Varzea Forests—Seasonally Flooded Amazon Tropical Forests
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