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Author Giller, Paul S.

Title Community structure and the niche / Paul S. Giller
Published London ; New York : Chapman and Hall, 1984

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Description x, 176 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Series Outline studies in ecology
Outline studies in ecology.
Contents Introduction and definitions. The community ; Community structure ; Species diversity ; Trends in species richness ; The problem related -- Niche theory. Development of the niche concept ; Niche width ; Niche overlap ; Diffuse competition ; Niche dynamics ; The niche : a property of the species or the community? -- Competition and the niche; the effect on niche width. Theoretical effects of competition on the species niche ; Criteria for the identification of competition in the field ; The natural effects of intraspecific competition ; The natural effects of interspecific competition -- Competition and the niche; limiting similarity and differential niche overlap. Limiting similarity : the theoretical approach ; The degree of limiting similarity ; Niche dimensionality and differential overlap -- Predation and species diversity. Theoretical studies ; Plant-herbivore interactions ; Predator-prey interactions ; Reduced community diversity through predation -- Competition and predation; complemantarity of the hypotheses. The controversy ; Interactions between competition and predation ; Classification scheme -- Saturation of communities. True islands ; Habitat islands ; Host plant islands ; Continental saturation -- Species diversity trends : theories and hypotheses. Time ; Environmental conditions ; Biotic factors ; Explanations of species diversity patterns in two specific examples -- The relative abundance of species. Fisher's series ; Lognormal distribution ; "Broken stick" or random niche bounday hypothesis ; Niche pre-emption or geometric series hypothesis -- Community structure : the patterns and rules. Community patterns ; Communities : random or structures species associations ; Community rules ; Expressions of community structure ; Stability/diversity relationships
Analysis Ecological communities
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [143]-163
Notes Also available in print
Description based on print version record
Subject Biotic communities.
Competition (Biology)
Ecology.
Niche (Ecology)
Author SpringerLink (Online service)
LC no. 84004988
ISBN 0412251108 (paperback)