Chase, Jonathan M.

Ecological niches linking classical and contemporary approaches / [electronic resource] : Jonathan M. Chase and Mathew A. Leibold. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2003. - ix, 212 p. : ill. - Interspecific interactions . - Interspecific interactions. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-205).

1. Introduction : history, context, and purpose -- 2. Revising the niche concept : definitions and mechanistic models -- 3. Comparing classical and contemporary niche theory -- 4. Designs and limitations of empirical approaches to the niche -- 5. Incorporating biological complexities -- 6. Environmental variability in time and space -- 7. Species sorting in communities -- 8. Community succession, assembly, and biodiversity -- 9. Niche relations within ecosystems -- 10. The evolutionary niche -- 11. Conclusions.


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