Species coexistence : ecological and evolutionary perspectives /
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Author / Creator: | Tokeshi, M. |
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Imprint: | Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Science, 1999. |
Description: | x, 454 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3611795 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: conceptual threads
- Origination: the basis of coexistence
- Origination and evolution of communities
- Patterns of species richness: temporal dimension
- Patterns of species richness: spatial dimension
- The niche, resources and species assembly
- Niche apportionment and relative abundances of coexisting species
- Competition, co-operation and coexistence
- Agent-mediated coexistence: predation and disturbance
- Patchiness, heterogeneity and stochasticity
- Traits and coexistence
- Stability and conservation of coexisting species
- Concluding remarks