Comparative Ecology of Microorganisms and Macroorganisms - Andrews, John H.; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2017)
1 Introduction: Prospects for a Conceptual Synthesis -- 1.1. Organizing Life -- 1.2. Microorganisms and Macroorganisms: Differences and Similarities -- 1.3 The Centrality of Natural Selection -- 1.4 Analogies, Homologies, and Homoplasies -- 1.5 A Framework for Comparisons -- 1.6 What is an Individual? -- 1.7 Summary -- 1.8 Suggested Additional Reading -- 2 Genetic Variation -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Mechanisms -- 2.3 Sex and Meiotic Recombination -- 2.4 The Asexual Lifestyle -- 2.5 Somatic Variation, Heritable Variation, and the Concept of the Genet -- 2.6 Summary -- 2.7 Suggested Additional Reading -- 3 Nutritional Mode -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Carbon and Energy Resources -- 3.3 Resource Acquisition -- 3.4 Nutritional Versatility -- 3.5 Generalists and Specialists -- 3.6 Summary -- 3.7 Suggested Additional Reading -- 4 Size -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Changes in Size and Development of Life on Earth -- 4.3 On Seeing the World as an Elephant or a Mycoplasma -- 4.4 Some Correlates of Size -- 4.5 Some Ecological Consequences of Size -- 4.6 Size and Life History Theory -- 4.7 Summary -- 4.8 Suggested Additional Reading -- 5 Growth and Growth Form -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Unitary and Modular Organisms: An Overview -- 5.3 Fungi as Modular Organisms -- 5.4 Bacteria as Modular Organisms -- 5.5 Life Histories of Modular vs. Unitary Organisms -- 5.6 Summary -- 5.7 Suggested Additional Reading -- 6 The Life Cycle -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Origins and General Considerations -- 6.3 Complex Life Cycles -- 6.4 Senescence -- 6.5 Summary -- 6.6 Suggested Additional Reading -- 7 The Environment -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The Environment and Organism are Tightly Coupled -- 7.3 How Organisms Experience Environments -- 7.4 Organism Size and Environmental Variation -- 7.5 Genotypic and Phenotypic Variation -- 7.6 The Environment and Life Cycle Changes -- 7.7 Habitable Sites and the Evolution of Dispersal -- 7.8 Summary -- 7.9 Suggested Additional Reading -- 8 Conclusion: Commonalities and Differences in Life Histories -- 8.1 Levels of Comparison -- 8.2 On Being a Macroorganism or a Microorganism -- 8.3 Natural Selection as the Common Denominator -- 8.4 Recapitulation of Some Major Points -- 8.5 On the Comparative Ecology of Microorganisms and Macroorganisms -- 8.6 Summary -- References -- Index.
Keywords: Microbial ecology; Ecology .; Evolutionary biology; Microbiology; Animal ecology; Microbial Ecology; Theoretical Ecology/Statistics.; Evolutionary Biology; Microbiology; Animal Ecology