Screen LibraryCommunity ecology
All life on earth occurs in natural assemblages called communities. Community ecology is the study of patterns and processes involving these collections of two or more species. Communities are typically studied using a diversity of techniques, including observations of natural history, statistical d...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444341966 |
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All life on earth occurs in natural assemblages called communities. Community ecology is the study of patterns and processes involving these collections of two or more species. Communities are typically studied using a diversity of techniques, including observations of natural history, statistical descriptions of natural patterns, laboratory and field experiments, and mathematical modelling. Community patterns arise from a complex assortment of processes including competition, predation, mutualism, indirect effects, habitat selection, which result in the most complex biological entities on e |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (x, 407 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781444341966 (electronic bk.) 1444341960 (electronic bk.) 9781444341935 (electronic bk.) 1444341936 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | QH541 |
| CLC: | Q145 |
| Contents: | Communities: Basic Patterns and Elementary Processes. Communities -- Competition: Mechanisms, Models, and Niches -- Competition: Experiments, Observations, and Null Models -- Predation and Communities: Empirical Patterns -- Models of Predation in Simple Communities -- Food Webs -- Mutualisms -- Indirect Effects -- Factors Influencing Interactions Among Species. Temporal Patterns: Seasonal Dynamics, Priority Effects, and Assembly Rules -- Factors Infl uencing Interactions Among Species. Habitat Selection -- Spatial Dynamics -- Large -- Scale, Integrative Community Phenomena. Causes and Conseq |