Peter A Abrams

Competition Theory in Ecology

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This novel textbook addresses the shortcomings of current competition theory and suggests a more useful approach that can provide a basis for future models that have far greater predictive ability in both ecology and evolution.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 165mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9780192895523
• ISBN-10: 0192895524
• Artikelnr.: 66113099

Autorenporträt

Peter A. Abrams is Professor Emeritus, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. He is recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher by ISI® and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2005. His research interests include community ecology, biogeography, aquatic ecology, biodiversity, and species interactions. He is widely regarded as one of the leading theoretical ecologists of his generation.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction: competition theory past and present
2: Defining and describing competition
3: Measuring and describing competition: a consumer-resource framework
4: Competition theory: the current state
5: Understanding intraspecific and apparent competition
6: The negativity, constancy, and continuity of competitive effects
7: Resource use and the strength of interspecific competition
8: Competition in seasonal environments: temporal overlap
9: Relative nonlinearity and seasonality
10: Consumers and resources in space
11: Evolution of competitors and its ecological consequences
12: Overview