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RECORD NUMBER: 37 OF 156Main Title | Ecological niches : linking classical and contemporary approaches / | ||||||||||||
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Author | Chase, Jonathan M. | ||||||||||||
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Publisher | University of Chicago Press, | ||||||||||||
Year Published | 2003 | ||||||||||||
OCLC Number | 50503484 | ||||||||||||
ISBN | 0226101797; 9780226101798; 0226101800; 9780226101804 | ||||||||||||
Subjects | Niche (Ecology) ; èOkologische Nische ; Biocoenosen ; Nicho ; Ecologia | ||||||||||||
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Collation | ix, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm | ||||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-205). |
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Contents Notes | 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. |