The Theory of Ecological Communities (MPB-57) / / Mark Vellend.
A plethora of different theories, models, and concepts make up the field of community ecology. Amid this vast body of work, is it possible to build one general theory of ecological communities? What other scientific areas might serve as a guiding framework? As it turns out, the core focus of communi...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2016] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Edition: | MPB Series: 57 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Monographs in Population Biology ;
57 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 p.) :; 2 halftones. 56 line illus. 9 tables. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 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
- References
- Index
- Backmatter