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The theory of ecological communities / Mark Vellend.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Monographs in population biology ; 57.Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]Copyright date: �2016Description: 1 online resource (ix, 229 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1400883792
  • 9781400883790
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 577.8/2 23
LOC classification:
  • QH541
Online resources:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-224) and index.

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.

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