Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nonequilibrium and equilibrium in populations and metapopulations. Reef fishes / Graham Forrester -- Population dynamics of ectoparasites of terrestrial hosts / Boris Krasnov -- Metapopulation dynamics in marine parasites / Ana Perez del Omo -- Nonequilbrium and equilibrium in communities. The paradox of the plankton / Klaus Rohde -- A burning issue:community stability and alternative stable states in relation to fire / Peter J. Clarke -- Community stability and instability in ectoparasites of marine and freshwater fish / Andrea Simkova -- Ectoparasites of small mammals / Boris Krasnov -- A macroecological approach to the equilibrial vs. nonequilibrial debate using bird populations and communities / Brian McGill -- Equilibrium and nonequilibrium on geographical scales. Island flora and fauna / Lloyd Morrisn -- The turbulent past and future of arctic plants / Christian Brochmann -- Latitudinal gradients. Latitudinal diversity gradients / Klaus Rohde -- Effective evolutionary time and the latitudinal diversity gradient / Len Gillman -- Effects due to invading species, habitat loss and climate change. The physics of climate / Michael Box -- Episodic processes, invasion and faunal mosaics in evolutionary and ecological time / Eric Hoberg -- The emerging infectious diseases crisis and pathogen pollution / Daniel R. Brooks -- Establishment or vanishing:fate of an invasive species based on mathematical models / Yihong Du -- Anthropogenic footprints on biodiversity / Camilo Mora -- Worldwide decline and extinction of amphibians / Harold Heatwole -- Climatic change and reptiles / Harvey B. Lillywhite -- Equilibrium and non-equilibrium in Australian bird communities / Hugh Ford -- Population dynamics of insects / Nigel Andrew. -- The futures of coral reefs / Peter Sale -- Autecological studies. Autecology and the balance of nature / Gimme Walter -- The intricacy of structural and ecological adaptations / Klaus Rohde -- An overall view. The importance of interspecific competition in regulating communities, equilibrium vs. nonequilibrium / Klaus Rohde -- Evolutionarily stable strategies / Klaus Rohde -- How to conserve biodiversity in a nonequilibrium world / Klaus Rohde.

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