Table of Contents

Part 1. SPECIES ABUNDANCE 1. Species Diversity. 2. Explanations. 3. Dynamics. Part 2 POPULATION PROCESSES. 4. Populations. 5. Genes. 6. Sources of continuous variation. 7. Gene Frequency. 8. Genetics variability in natural populations. 9. Polymorphism and ecological genetics. 10. Response to selection by pesticides. 11. Population consequence of selection. 12. Polymorphism and neutral mutation. 13. Gene interplay models for polymorphism. 14. Polymorphism: a case history. 15. Genetics variability - conclusions. Part 3. POPULATION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION. 16. Species formation and evolution. 17. Species associations. 18. Pattern and process - the long-term evolutionary perspective.