Vellend, Mark,  1973- <br/><br/>
The theory of ecological communities / 
Mark Vellend. 
 - 1 online resource (ix, 229 pages) :  illustrations 
 - Monographs in population biology ;  57 .
 - Monographs in population biology ;  57. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-224) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1400883792 9781400883790 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>942145  MIL 22573/ctt1kt46jm  JSTOR 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015047633 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Biotic communities.<br/>NATURE--Ecology.<br/>NATURE--Ecosystems & Habitats--Wilderness.<br/>SCIENCE--Environmental Science.<br/>SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Ecology.<br/>SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Biology.<br/>Biotic communities.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QH541 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>577.8/2