Food webs and niche space more books like this

by Joel E Cohen

What is the minimum dimension of a niche space necessary to represent the overlaps among observed niches? This book presents a new technique for obtaining a partial answer to this elementary question about niche space. The author bases his technique on a relation between the combinatorial structure of food webs and the mathematical theory of ...

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Mad Travelers more books like this

by Ian Hacking

An occasional employee of a local gas company, Albert Dadas suffered from a strange compulsion that led him to travel obsessively, often without identification, not knowing who he was or why he travelled. He became notorious for his extraordinary expeditions to such far-reaching spots as Algeria, Moscow and Constantinople. Medical reports of Dadas ...

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Niche Construction: The Neglected Process in Evolution more books like this

by F John Odling-Smee, Kevin N Laland, Marcus W Feldman

The seemingly innocent observation that the activities of organisms bring about changes in environments is so obvious that it seems an unlikely focus for a new line of thinking about evolution. Yet niche construction - as this process of organism-driven environmental modification is known - has hidden complexities. By transforming biotic and ...

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Ecological Niches: Linking Classical and Contemporary Approaches more books like this

by Catherine A Hall, Jonathan M Chase, Mathew A Leibold

Why do species live where they live? What determines the abundance and diversity of species in a given area? What role do species play in the functioning of entire ecosystems? All of these questions share a single core concept - the ecological niche. Although the niche concept has fallen into disfavour among ecologists in recent years, Jonathan M. ...

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Ecological Niches: Linking Classical and Contemporary Approaches more books like this

by Jonathan M Chase, Mathew A Leibold

Why do species live where they live? What determines the abundance and diversity of species in a given area? What role do species play in the functioning of entire ecosystems? All of these questions share a single core concept - the ecological niche. Although the niche concept has fallen into disfavour among ecologists in recent years, Jonathan M. ...

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Niche Modeling: Predicitons from Statistical Distributions more books like this

by David Stockwell

Using theory, applications, and examples of inferences, "Niche Modeling: Predictions from Statistical Distributions" demonstrates how to conduct and evaluate niche modeling projects in any area of application. It features a series of theoretical and practical exercises for developing and evaluating niche models using the R statistics language. The ...

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Community Structure and the Niche more books like this

by Paul S Giller

This work should be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students of ecology, and research workers.

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The Niche in Competition and Evolution more books like this

by Wallace Arthur

Using the concept of the niche (and multiple niche) this book attempts to synthesise two widely-investigated topics: polymorphism and between-species competition; the author's view being that multiple-niche coexistence and multiple- niche polymorphism together represent a common means of coexistence of competitors. Experimental detail and ...

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Ecology and natural history of desert lizards analyses of the ecological niche and community structure more books like this

by Pianka

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Niche Construction: The Neglected Process in Evolution more books like this

by Larry J Schaaf, F John Odling-Smee, Kevin N Laland

The seemingly innocent observation that the activities of organisms bring about changes in environments is so obvious that it seems an unlikely focus for a new line of thinking about evolution. Yet niche construction - as this process of organism-driven environmental modification is known - has hidden complexities. By transforming biotic and ...

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