TY - BOOK AU - Vellend,Mark TI - The theory of ecological communities T2 - Monographs in population biology SN - 1400883792 AV - QH541 U1 - 577.8/2 23 PY - 2016///] CY - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press KW - Biotic communities KW - NATURE KW - Ecology KW - bisacsh KW - Ecosystems & Habitats KW - Wilderness KW - SCIENCE KW - Environmental Science KW - Life Sciences KW - Biology KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - https://libproxy.firstcity.edu.my:8443/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1223494 ER -