
Spencer, Herbert 40
Spergula arvensis 153
Spermophilus citellus (European ground
squirrel) 82
splitters 119
spores 84, 153–4
spotted alfalfa aphid (Therioaphis trifolii)
413
spotted saxifrage (Saxifraga bronchialis)
149
spruce budworm (Choristoneura
fumiferana) 128
spruce (Picea) 58, 59, 127, 128
stability 314
standard errors 14–15
standing crop 358
starfish 244
static life table 157–8, 162, 163
statistics 11–16, 34
steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
104
Stellaria media 195, 196
steppes 125
Sterculia parviflora 124
Sterna sandvicensis (sandwich tern) 441
Stichodactyla mertensii 203
Stipa bungeana 303
Stizostedion vitreum 430, 431
stoloniferous organisms 149
stoneflies 371–2
stratified random sampling 15–16
strawberry (Fragaria) 149
streams and rivers 131–5, 140
catchment area management 449–50,
451
consequences of human activities 133,
134–5
damming 410–11
disturbances in 132–3, 338–9
energy flow pattern 368, 369
role in nutrient budgets 376, 377, 378
water abstraction 433–5
Strigops habroptilus (kakapo) 309
Strombidinopsis multiauris 73
Strongyloides ratti 242
Strophomena planumbona 214
strophomenide brachiopods 213, 214
Struthio camelus (ostrich) 62, 63
suberin 369
subpopulations 295–8, 463, 464–5
subspecies 53
succession 8–9, 34, 301–7, 308
animals in 305
chronosequence 302
on cooled volcanic lava 117, 118
dominance-controlled communities 301
early and late species 302, 304, 305
idealized 301
manipulation 306
old-field 23–6, 34, 302, 303, 304
and patches/patchiness 306–7, 308
primary 301–2
secondary 302
and species richness 348–9
sugar maple (Acer saccharum) 127
sulfur 91
sulfur cycle 381, 382
sulfuric acid 101
sun leaves 86
sunbird (Arachnothera) 124
supporting ecosystem services 427
supralittoral zone 139
Surtsey 344
survival and predation 220–1
survival of the fittest 40
survival plans 473
survivorship curves 161, 162, 163–4, 179
sustainability 389–91
and agriculture 405–21
and economics 412–13
of fisheries 399–405
and human population growth 391–9,
420
and integrated farming systems
417–19, 421
of monocultures 405–11, 420–1
and pest control 412–17, 421
triple bottom-line approach 448–51,
452
of water as resource 410–11
sustainable biosphere initiative 390
swallow (Hirundo rustica) 169
swallowtail butterflies 345
swift (Micropus apus) 284
Sylvilagus brasiliensis 264–5
symbiosis 268
sympatric species 199
synchronous flowering 157
Synedra ulna 183–4, 186
systematics 38
Tachigali myrmecophila 270
Taeniopteryx nebulosa 371
taiga see northern coniferous forest
Tansley, A.G. 4, 5
target pest resurgence 413
Tarsobaenus 311, 312
taxon richness patterns, fossil record
349–52, 355
taxonomy 38
technogarden scenario 451, 452
Tectus niloticus (trochus) 405
temperate deciduous forest 114, 119,
120, 126–7, 140
productivity 361
rainfall and temperature 115
temperate grassland 114, 119, 121,
125–6, 140
temperature
and acclimatization 76–7, 81
biome ranges 115
and competition 78, 80
desert 126
effects of altitude and latitude 114, 116
effects on interactions between
organisms 78
extremes of 74–5, 107–8, 335
seasonal 83
and global climate change 93, 437,
476–9
lakes 117, 135–6
and leafing events 80, 81
and niche dimensions 106, 107
North Sea over 65 million years 61
and productivity 360, 361–2
responses to 72, 73, 74–5, 81–3, 84,
107–8
streams 132
variation with glacial cycles 58, 59
temporal separation and resource
utilization 206–7
Tenodera sinensis 206
termite, gut flora 8, 9
Tetranychus urticae 416
Thalassarche chrysostoma (grey-headed
albatross) 256, 257, 258
Thalassarche impavida (black-browed
albatross) 256, 257, 258
Thalassarche melanophris (black-browed
albatross) 256, 257, 258
Therioaphis trifolii (spotted alfalfa aphid)
413
thermocline 135
thermophiles 74, 84, 138
Thiobacillus ferroxidans 84
Thlaspi caerulescens 448
Thomomys bottae (gopher) 125
Thomson’s gazelle 227, 228
threshold population size 240
thrush (Turdus) 426
Thuja occidentalis (northern white cedar)
115
thymine 254, 256
tides 138
Tidestromia oblongifolia (desert
honeysweet) 89–90
time delays 234
time scales 8–9, 34
tinamou 62, 63
tolerators 89
topography, effect on climate 112, 113, 114
toxaphene 414
trade-offs
between growth and reproduction
151–2, 175, 176
between progeny number and fitness
177, 178
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