The theory of ecological communities /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
[2016]
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| Series: | Monographs in population biology ;
57. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction; PART I APPROACHES, IDEAS, AND THEORIES IN COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; 2. How Ecologists Study Communities; 3. A Brief History of Ideas in Community Ecology; PART II THE THEORY OF ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES; 4. The Pursuit of Generality in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; 5. High-Level Processes in Ecological Communities; 6. Simulating Dynamics in Ecological Communities; PART III EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; 7. The Nature of Empirical Evidence; 8. Empirical Evidence: Selection; 9. Empirical Evidence: Ecological Drift and Dispersal; 10. Empirical Evidence: Speciation and Species Pools; PART IV CONCLUSIONS, REFLECTIONS, AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS; 11. From Process to Pattern and Back Again; 12. The Future of Community Ecology.