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"Competition between species arises when two or more species share at least some of the same limited resources. It is likely to affect all species, as well as many higher-level aspects of community and ecosystem dynamics. Interspecific competition shares many of the same features as density dep...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | [2022] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Oxford series in ecology and evolution
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| Summary: |
"Competition between species arises when two or more species share at least some of the same limited resources. It is likely to affect all species, as well as many higher-level aspects of community and ecosystem dynamics. Interspecific competition shares many of the same features as density dependence (intraspecific competition) and evolution (competition between genotypes). In spite of this, a robust theoretical framework is not yet in place to develop a more coherent understanding of this important interaction. Despite its prominence in the ecological literature, the theory seems to have lost direction in recent decades, with many synthetic papers promoting outdated ideas, failing to use resource-based models, and having little utility in applied fields such as conservation and environmental management. Competition theory has done little to incorporate new findings regarding consumer-resource interactions in the context of larger food webs containing behaviourally or evolutionarily adapting components. Overly simple models and methods of analysis continue to be influential."--Back cover. |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 323 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-319) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780192895530 0192895532 9780192895523 0192895524 |
| Index Number: | QH546 |
| CLC: |
Q-332 Q14 |
| Call Number: | Q14/A161 |