Description |
x, 176 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Series |
Outline studies in ecology |
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Outline studies in ecology.
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Contents |
Introduction and definitions. The community ; Community structure ; Species diversity ; Trends in species richness ; The problem related -- Niche theory. Development of the niche concept ; Niche width ; Niche overlap ; Diffuse competition ; Niche dynamics ; The niche : a property of the species or the community? -- Competition and the niche; the effect on niche width. Theoretical effects of competition on the species niche ; Criteria for the identification of competition in the field ; The natural effects of intraspecific competition ; The natural effects of interspecific competition -- Competition and the niche; limiting similarity and differential niche overlap. Limiting similarity : the theoretical approach ; The degree of limiting similarity ; Niche dimensionality and differential overlap -- Predation and species diversity. Theoretical studies ; Plant-herbivore interactions ; Predator-prey interactions ; Reduced community diversity through predation -- Competition and predation; complemantarity of the hypotheses. The controversy ; Interactions between competition and predation ; Classification scheme -- Saturation of communities. True islands ; Habitat islands ; Host plant islands ; Continental saturation -- Species diversity trends : theories and hypotheses. Time ; Environmental conditions ; Biotic factors ; Explanations of species diversity patterns in two specific examples -- The relative abundance of species. Fisher's series ; Lognormal distribution ; "Broken stick" or random niche bounday hypothesis ; Niche pre-emption or geometric series hypothesis -- Community structure : the patterns and rules. Community patterns ; Communities : random or structures species associations ; Community rules ; Expressions of community structure ; Stability/diversity relationships |
Analysis |
Ecological communities |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [143]-163 |
Notes |
Also available in print |
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Description based on print version record |
Subject |
Biotic communities.
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Competition (Biology)
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Ecology.
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Niche (Ecology)
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Author |
SpringerLink (Online service)
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LC no. |
84004988 |
ISBN |
0412251108 (paperback) |
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