Community Ecology 2nd Edition

Community Ecology 2nd Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780198835868,0198835868,9780192572868, 0192572865

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• ISBN 10: 0192572865
• ISBN 13: 9780192572868
• Author: Gary G. Mittelbach, Brian J. McGill

Community ecology has undergone a transformation in recent years, from a discipline largely focused on processes occurring within a local area to a discipline encompassing a much richer domain of study, including the linkages between communities separated in space (metacommunity dynamics), niche and neutral theory, the interplay between ecology and evolution (eco-evolutionary dynamics), and the influence of historical and regional processes in shaping patterns of biodiversity. To fully understand these new developments, however, students continue to need a strong foundation in the study of species interactions and how these interactions are assembled into food webs and other ecological networks. This new edition fulfils the book’s original aims, both as a much-needed up-to-date and accessible introduction to modern community ecology, and in identifying the important questions that are yet to be answered. This research-driven textbook introduces state-of-the-art community ecology to a new generation of students, adopting reasoned and balanced perspectives on as-yet-unresolved issues. Community Ecology is suitable for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers seeking a broad, up-to-date coverage of ecological concepts at the community level.

Table of contents:

1. CHAPTER 1. Community ecology’s roots
2. PART I. The Big Picture: Patterns, Causes, and Consequences of Biodiversity
3. CHAPTER 2. Patterns of biological diversity
4. CHAPTER 3. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
5. PART II. The Nitty-Gritty: Species Interactions in Simple Modules
6. CHAPTER 4. Population growth and density dependence
7. CHAPTER 5. The fundamentals of predator–prey interactions
8. CHAPTER 6. Selective predators and responsive prey
9. CHAPTER 7. The fundamentals of competitive interactions
10. CHAPTER 8. Species coexistence and niche theory
11. CHAPTER 9. Beneficial interactions in communities: mutualism and facilitation
12. PART III. Putting the Pieces Together: Food Webs, Ecological Networks and Community Assembly
13. CHAPTER 10. Species interactions in ecological networks
14. CHAPTER 11. Food chains and food webs: controlling factors and cascading effects
15. CHAPTER 12. Community assembly and species traits
16. PART IV. Spatial Ecology: Metapopulations and Metacommunities
17. CHAPTER 13. Patchy environments, metapopulations, and fugitive species
18. CHAPTER 14. Metacommunities
19. PART V. Species in Changing Environments: Ecology and Evolution
20. CHAPTER 15. Species in variable environments
21. CHAPTER 16. Evolutionary community ecology
22. CHAPTER 17. Some concluding remarksand a look ahead

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