Ecological niches linking classical and contemporary approaches /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
c2003.
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| Series: | Interspecific interactions
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| Online Access: | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10468512 |
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.