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Ecological niches : linking classical and contemporary approaches /
Although the niche concept has fallen into disfavour among ecologists in recent years, this book argues that the niche is an ideal tool with which to unify disparate research and theoretical approaches in contemporary ecology. The authors define the niche as including both what an organism needs fro...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
©2003.
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| Colección: | Interspecific interactions.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Although the niche concept has fallen into disfavour among ecologists in recent years, this book argues that the niche is an ideal tool with which to unify disparate research and theoretical approaches in contemporary ecology. The authors define the niche as including both what an organism needs from its environment and how that organism's activities shape its environment. Drawing on the theory of consumer-resource interactions, as well as its graphical analysis, they develop a framework for understanding niches that is flexible enough to include a variety of small- and large-scale processes, from resource competition, predation, and stress to community structure, biodiversity, and ecosystem function. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 212 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-205). |
| ISBN: | 9780226101811 0226101819 1283150689 9781283150682 9786613150684 6613150681 |