Ecological niches : linking classical and contemporary approaches / / Jonathan M. Chase and Mathew A. Leibold.
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Superior document: | Interspecific interactions |
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Year of Publication: | 2003 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Interspecific interactions.
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Physical Description: | ix, 212 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction : history, context, and purpose
- 2. Revising the niche concept : definitions and mechanistic models
- 3. Comparing classical and contemporary niche theory
- 4. Designs and limitations of empirical approaches to the niche
- 5. Incorporating biological complexities
- 6. Environmental variability in time and space
- 7. Species sorting in communities
- 8. Community succession, assembly, and biodiversity
- 9. Niche relations within ecosystems
- 10. The evolutionary niche
- 11. Conclusions.