Description |
viii, 424 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
Contents |
1. Communities -- 2. Competition: mechanisms, models and niches -- 3. Competition: experiments, observations and null models -- 4. Predation and communities: empirical patterns -- 5. Models of predation in simple communities -- 6. Food webs -- 7. Mutualisms -- 8. Indirect effects -- 9. Temporal patterns: seasonal dynamics, priority effects, and assembly rules -- 10. Habitat selection -- 11. Spatial dynamics, recruitment-limited patterns, and island biogeography -- 12. Causes and consequences of diversity -- 13. Succession -- 14. Applied community ecology -- Appendix: stability analysis |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 380-407) and index |
Subject |
Biotic communities.
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Ecology.
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LC no. |
98038821 |
ISBN |
0865423504 |
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