Table of Contents 



PART 1-INTRODUCTION Page 



Chapter I. The Subject Matter of Ecology . ... 11 



PART 2-THE PLANT COMMUNITY 



CHAPTER II. Nature of the Community 21 



CHAPTER III. Yegetational Analysis : 

 Quantitative Methods % 33 



CHAPTER IV. Yegetational Analysis : 

 Phytosociological Objectives 55 



PART 3-FACTORS CONTROLLING THE 



COMMUNITY : THE ENVIRONMENT 



CHAPTER V. Climatic Factors : The Air 75 



CHAPTER VI. Climatic Factors : Radiant Energy. 

 Temperature and Light 11,5 



CHAPTER VII. Physiographic Factors 144 



Chapter VIII. Biological Factors 1 88 



PART 4-COMMUNITY DYNAMICS 



Chapter IX. Plant Succession 211 



CHAPTER X. The Distribution of Climax Communities : 

 Present Distribution of Climaxes 234 



Chapter XI. The Distribution of Climax Communities : 

 Shifts of Climaxes with Time 3 00 



PART 5-PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS 



Chapter XII. Applied Ecology 315 



References Cited 3^7 



Index ?71 



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