Competition and the Structure of Bird Communities. (MPB-7), Volume 7 /

Professor Cody's monograph emphasizes the role of competition at levels above single species populations, and describes how competition, by way of the niche concept, determines the structure of communities. Communities may be understood in terms of resource gradients, or niche dimensions, along...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cody, Martin L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Series:Monographs in Population Biology Ser.
Subjects:
Bird populations.
Birds > Behavior.
Mohave Desert.
algae.
bird densities.
body size.
chaparral bird communities.
climate variables.
community matrix.
displacement patterns.
ecological counterparts.
grassland birds.
growth rates.
historical effects.
interspecific territoriality.
islands.
mixed species flocks.
nest sites.
pine-oak-juniper woodland.
resource: difference.
seabirds.
seasonal changes.
specialists versus generalists.
temporal territoriality.
territory.
vocalization.
willow scrub habitat.
Oiseaux > Populations.
Oiseaux > Mœurs et comportement.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology.
Bird populations
Birds > Behavior
vogels
birds
sociaal gedrag
social behaviour
Aves
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • 1. Resource Division and the Niche
  • 2. Niche Breadth
  • 3. Niche Overlap
  • 4. The Variable Competitive Environment
  • 5. Parallel and Convergent Evolution
  • 6. Alternatives to Competitive Displacement Patterns
  • Appendix A. Scrub Community Data
  • Appendix B. Community Matrices And Dendrograms
  • References
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index
  • Bird Index

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