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Author Ritchie, Mark E., 1960-

Title Scale, heterogeneity, and the structure and diversity of ecological communities / Mark E. Ritchie
Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (229 pages) : illustrations
Series Monographs in population biology ; [45]
Monographs in population biology ; 45.
Contents Community ecology lives -- The geometry of heterogeneity -- Scaling relationships for the consumption of resources -- Food, resources, and scale-dependent niches -- Size structure in ecological guilds -- Heterogeneity and patterns of species diversity -- Biodiversity conservation in fractal landscapes -- Testing the model -- Perspectives, caveats, and conclusions
Summary Understanding and predicting species diversity in ecological communities is one of the great challenges in community ecology. Popular recent theory contends that the traits of species are "neutral" or unimportant to coexistence, yet abundant experimental evidence suggests that multiple species are able to coexist on the same limiting resource precisely because they differ in key traits, such as body size, diet, and resource demand. This book presents a new theory of coexistence that incorporates two important aspects of biodiversity in nature--scale and spatial variation in the supply of limit
Analysis soortendiversiteit
species diversity
ecologie
ecology
biodiversiteit
biodiversity
populatiedichtheid
population density
heterogeniteit
heterogeneity
population ecology
Ecology (General)
Biodiversity
Ecologie (algemeen)
Biodiversiteit
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Ecological heterogeneity.
Biodiversity.
Biotic communities.
Animal population density.
Biodiversity
SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry -- Environmental)
NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
NATURE -- Ecology.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
Animal population density
Biodiversity
Biotic communities
Ecological heterogeneity
Demökologie
Synökologie
Form Electronic book
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