1: Introduction by Gabriel Gellner, Kevin S. McCann & Emily J. Champagne
2: Species coexistence by Peter Chesson
3: The synergistic effects of interaction strength and lags on ecological stability by Gabriel Gellner, Kevin S. McCann & Christopher Greyson-Gaito
4: Non-equilibrium dynamics and stochastic processes by Karen C. Abbott
5: The impact of population structure on population and community dynamics by André M. de Roos
6: Models for large ecological communities - a random matrix approach by Stefano Allesina & Jacopo Grilli
7: A structural theory of mutualistic networks by Jordi Bascompte & Antonio Ferrera
8: A data driven approach to complex ecological systems by Michio Kondoh, Kazutaka Kawatsu, Yutaka Osada & Masayuki Ushio
9: Trait-based models of complex ecological network by Ulrich Brose
10: Ecological networks: from structure to dynamics by Sonia Kéfi
11: Trait-based ecological and eco-evolutionary theory by Christopher A. Klausmeier, Colin T. Kremer & Thomas Koffel
12: Toward a general theory of metacommunity ecology by Dominique Gravel & François Massol
13: Theories of diversity in disease ecology by T. Alex Perkins & Jason R. Rohr
14: Climate change: Studying the effects of temperature on population and community dynamics by David A. Vasseur
15: Alternative stable states, tipping points, and early warning signals of ecological transitions by John M. Drake, Suzanne M. O'Regan, Vasilis Dakos, Sonia Kéfi & Pejman Rohani
16: Areas of current and future growth by Kevin S. McCann & Gabriel Gellner

Theoretical Ecology: concepts and applications continues the authoritative and established sequence of theoretical ecology books initiated by Robert M. May which helped pave the way for ecology to become a more robust theoretical science, encouraging the modern biologist to better understand the mathematics behind their theories. This latest instalment builds on the legacy of its predecessors with a completely new set of contributions. Rather than placing emphasis on the historical ideas in theoretical ecology, the Editors have encouraged each contribution to: synthesize historical theoretical ideas within modern frameworks that have emerged in the last 10-20 years (e.g. bridging population interactions to whole food webs); describe novel theory that has emerged in the last 20 years from historical empirical areas (e.g. macro-ecology); and finally to cover the rapidly expanding area of theoretical ecological applications (e.g. disease theory and global change theory). The result is a forward-looking synthesis that will help guide the field through a further decade of discovery and development.

It is written for upper level undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers seeking synthesis and the state of the art in growing areas of interest in theoretical ecology, genetics, evolutionary ecology, and mathematical biology.---provided by publisher