
CONTENT
Author's Note 5 3.6. Population Laws ... 78 •
Chapter 1. Modern Ecolo- 3.7. BiogeographicaL Regu-
gy: A Science or an Out- larities 90
look? 8 3.7.1. Geographic Areas and
Chapter 2. The Structure Population of Species
of the Biosphere .... 22 Therein 90
2.1. Subshperes and Super- 3.7.2. The Evolution of Spe-
spheres 23 cies (Population) Wi-
2.2. The Horizontal Structure thin the Boundaries of
of the Biosphere and Hie- the Species Area ... 96
rarchy of Ecosystems. 3.7.3. The Regularities of
The System of Systems . 31 Propagation of Com-
Chapter 3. Ecological munities ..... 98
Theorems 41 3.8. The Laws of Functioning
3.1. Preliminary Remarks . 41 of Biocenoses adn Com-
3.2. Systems Generalisation 43 munities 101
3.2.1. Composition of Sys- 3.8.1. The Energy Producing
terns 45 Capacity. Flows of
3.2.2. The Internal Develop- Substances. Producti-
ment of Systems ... 49 vity and Reliability of
3.2.3. Thermodynamics of Communities and Bio-
Systems 53 cenoses 103
3.2.4. The Hierarchy of Sys- 3.8.2. The Structure and the
terns 57 Species Composition of
3.2.5. System-Habitat Corre- Biocenoses and Com-
lation 59 munities 107
3.3. Physical and Chemical 3.8.3. Biocenotic Links and
and Molecular-Biologi- Regulation .... 110
cal Fundamentals of the 3.9. Laws of Ecosystems . . 116
Existence of Live Orga- 3.9.1. The Structure and Fun-
nisms 62 ctioning of Ecosystems 117
3.4. The Ecological Regula- 3.9.2. The Dynamics of Eco-
rities of the Development systems 123
of Organisms .... 65 3.10. The General- Regulati-
3.4.1. The Development of ons of the Organisation
Biosystems .... 65 of the Ecosphere and
3.4.2. The Regularities of Biosphere of the Earth 127
Adaptation of Biosys- 3.11. The Regularities of the
terns 71 Evolution of the Bio-
3.5. The Regularities of the sphere 131
System Organism-Habi- 3.12. The Laws of the Man-
tat 72 Nature System ... 140
3.5.1. The General Laws of 3.13. The Laws of Social Eco-
the Functioning of the logy . . . . . . . 146
Systems Organism- 3.14. The Laws of Nature
Habitat 72 Use 151
3.5.2. The Particular Regula- 3.15. The Principles of the
rities in the System Protection of the Natu-
Organism-Media . . 74
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