Ecological niches : linking classical and contemporary approaches /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chase, Jonathan M.
Otros Autores: Leibold, Mathew A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2003.
Colección:Interspecific interactions.
Temas:
Niche (Ecology)
Niche écologique.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
NATURE > Ecology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Ökologische Nische
Biocoenosen.
Nicho.
Ecologia.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: History, context, and purpose.
  • Revising the niche concept: definitions and mechanistic models.
  • Comparing classical and contemporary niche theory.
  • Designs and limitations of empirical approaches to the niche.
  • Incorporating biological complexities.
  • Environmental variability in time and space.
  • Species sorting in communities.
  • Community succession, assembly, and biodiversity.
  • Niche relations within ecosystems.
  • The evolutionary niche.
  • Conclusion.

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