EcologicalAssemblyRules:Perspectives,Advances,Retreats
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- 出版社 CambridgeUniversityPress
- 出版时间 2001年8月
- ISBN 9780521655330
- 定价 1053.10
内容简介
ItisovertwentyyearssinceJaredDiamondfocusedattentiononthepossibleexistenceofassemblyrulesforcommunities.Sincethentherehasbeenaproliferationofstudiestryingtopromote,refuteortesttheideathattherearesetsofconstraints(rules)oncommunityformationandmaintenance(assembly).Thistimelyvolumebringstogethercarefullyselectedcontributionswhichexaminethequestionoftheexistenceandnatureofassemblyruleswithsomerigourandinsomedetail,usingboththeoreticalandempiricalapproachesinavarietyofsystems.Theresultisabalancedtreatmentwhichencompassesawiderangeoftopicswithinecologyincludingcompetitionandcoexistence,conservationandbiodiversity,nichetheory,andbiogeography.Assuchitprovidesmuchtointerestabroadaudienceofecologists,whilealsomakinganimportantcontributiontothestudyofcommunityecologyinparticular.
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