CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGY: BASIC CONCEPTS - DEFINITIONS
1.1 WHAT IS ECOLOGY?
1.2 ORGANIZATION OF LIFE: HIERARCHY OF INTERACTIONS -LEVELS OF ECOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
CHAPTER 2
BIODIVERSITY: GENETICS, SPECIES AND ECOSYSTEMS
2.1 BIODIVERSITY
2.2 VALUES OF BIODIVERSITY
2.3 ECOSYSTEM, SPECIES, AND GENETIC DIVERSITY
2.4 PROBLEMS AND THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY
2.5 COMMITMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
CHAPTER 3
EVOLUTION AND SPECIATION
3.1 THE DEVELOPMENT OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY
3.2 GENETIC BASIS OF THE EVOLUTIONARY MECHANISMS
3.3 SPECIATION
3.4 EXTINCTION
CHAPTER 4
AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY - CENTRES OF ORIGIN/DIVERSITY
4.1 DOMESTICATION OF SPECIES
4.2 CENTRES OF ORIGIN AND DIVERSIFICATION
4.3 AGRO-ECOSYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS
4.4 AGRO-ECOSYSTEM PATTERNS AND PROCESSES
4.5 SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
4.6 AGRICULTURAL BIODIVERSITY
CHAPTER 5
CONSERVATION OF GENETIC RESOURCES
5.1 GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
5.2 CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION
5.3 IN SITU AND EX SITU CONSERVATION OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES
5.4 BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR CHARACTERIZATION, CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITY
5.5 BIOTECHNOLOGY, BIODIVERSITY AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER6
GENE FLOW
6.1 VERTICAL GENE TRANSFER
6.2 HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER
6.3 MECHANISMS AND EFFECTS OF HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL GENE TRANSFER
6.4 EVALUATION OF GENE TRANSFER
CHAPTER 7
ECOLOGY OF GM CROPS - ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
7.1 CONCERNS AND POTENTIAL RISKS OF GMOs TO THE ENVIRONMENT
7.2 POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF GMOs
