1. Introduction
Part I. Raw Materials and Tools: 2. General patterns of species diversity
3. The assessment of species diversity
Part II. Theories of Species Diversity: Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium: 4. Equilibrium processes and the maintenance of landscape-scale species diversity
5. Non-equilibrium processes and the maintenance of local species diversity
Part III. Mechanisms that Regulate Biological Diversity at Various Spatial and Temporal Scales: 6. Diversity within populations
7. Individual properties and the structure of communities and ecosystems
8. Landscape patterns: disturbance and diversity
9. Landscape patterns: succession and temporal change
10. Landscape patterns: gradients and zonation
Part IV. Case Studies: Patterns and Hypotheses: 11. Case studies: endemism and invasions
12. Case studies: species diversity in marine ecosystems
13. Case studies: species diversity in fire-influenced ecosystems
14. Case studies: species diversity in tropical rain forests
15. Concluding comments: the economics of biological diversity.
