Ecological Communities

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The Theory Of Ecological Communities Mpb 57

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Author : Mark Vellend
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2016-08-23

The Theory Of Ecological Communities Mpb 57 written by Mark Vellend and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-23 with Science categories.

A plethora of different theories, models, and concepts make up the field of community ecology. Amid this vast body of work, is it possible to build one general theory of ecological communities? What other scientific areas might serve as a guiding framework? As it turns out, the core focus of community ecology—understanding patterns of diversity and composition of biological variants across space and time—is shared by evolutionary biology and its very coherent conceptual framework, population genetics theory. The Theory of Ecological Communities takes this as a starting point to pull together community ecology's various perspectives into a more unified whole. Mark Vellend builds a theory of ecological communities based on four overarching processes: selection among species, drift, dispersal, and speciation. These are analogues of the four central processes in population genetics theory—selection within species, drift, gene flow, and mutation—and together they subsume almost all of the many dozens of more specific models built to describe the dynamics of communities of interacting species. The result is a theory that allows the effects of many low-level processes, such as competition, facilitation, predation, disturbance, stress, succession, colonization, and local extinction to be understood as the underpinnings of high-level processes with widely applicable consequences for ecological communities. Reframing the numerous existing ideas in community ecology, The Theory of Ecological Communities provides a new way for thinking about biological composition and diversity.

Ecological Communities

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Author : Donald R. Strong Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2014-07-14

Ecological Communities written by Donald R. Strong Jr. and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-14 with Science categories.

This work is the first to focus systematically on a much-debated topic: the conceptual issues of community ecology, including the nature of evidence in ecology, the role of experiments, attempts to disprove hypotheses, and the value of negative evidence in the discipline. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Metacommunities

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Author : Marcel Holyoak
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2005-10

Metacommunities written by Marcel Holyoak and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-10 with Nature categories.

Takes the hallmarks of metapopulation theory to the next level by considering a group of communities, each of which may contain numerous populations, connected by species interactions within communities and the movement of individuals between communities. This book seeks to understand how communities work in fragmented landscapes.

Impact Of The Defense Program On The Ecological Community Structure Throughout The United States

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Author : Clarence Charles Blubaum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1944

Impact Of The Defense Program On The Ecological Community Structure Throughout The United States written by Clarence Charles Blubaum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1944 with categories.

Human Ecology

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Author : Society for Human Ecology. Conference
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993

Human Ecology written by Society for Human Ecology. Conference and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Nature categories.

Ecological Communities

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Author : Takayuki Ohgushi
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2007-01-04

Ecological Communities written by Takayuki Ohgushi and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-04 with Science categories.

To gain a more complete understanding of plant-based ecological community structure requires knowledge of the integration of direct and indirect effects in plant herbivore systems. Trait modification of plants as a result of herbivory is very common and widespread in terrestrial plants, and this initiates indirect interactions between organisms that utilise the same host plant. This book argues that food webs by themselves are inadequate models for understanding ecological communities, because they ignore important indirect, nontrophic links. This subject is of great importance in understanding not only community organisation but also in identifying the underlying mechanisms of maintenance of biodiversity in nature. This book will be an invaluable resource for researchers and graduate students interested in community and population ecology, evolutionary biology, biodiversity, botany and entomology.

Pamphlets On Biology

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897

Pamphlets On Biology written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with categories.

Species Co Occurrence Patterns In Pleustonic Plant Communities Class Lemnetea

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Author : Jerzy Wołek
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997

Species Co Occurrence Patterns In Pleustonic Plant Communities Class Lemnetea written by Jerzy Wołek and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Aquatic plants categories.

Unlikely Environmentalists

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Author : Paul Charles Milazzo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006

Unlikely Environmentalists written by Paul Charles Milazzo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.

Reveals how boosters, bureaucrats, and engineers--not grassroots protesters--were truly the ones responsible for spearheading the passage of the Clean Water Act of 1972. How these unlikely protagonists helped to pass the era's most far-reaching regulatory law gives us rare insight into how Congress was able to take the lead in addressing those concerns, namely in the form of water quality issues.

Ecology

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996

Ecology written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Ecology categories.