Author | Yodzis, Peter. author |
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Title | Competition for Space and the Structure of Ecological Communities [electronic resource] / by Peter Yodzis |
Imprint | Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1978 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93097-3 |
Descript | VI, 194 p. online resource |
I. Introduction -- I.1. Competition for space. -- I.2. Spatial competition and the niche. -- I.3. Modelling competition for space. -- I.4. Limitations of this study. -- I.5. Colonization. -- I.6. Preview. -- II. Founder Controlled Communities -- II.1. Colonization equilibria. -- II.2. Stability. -- II.3. Total standing crop. -- II.4. Summary. -- III. Dominance Controlled Communities -- III.1. Numerical dominance and functional dominance. -- III.2. The reshuffle. -- III.3. Quasicycles and lotteries. -- III.4. Equilibrium communities. -- III.5. Invasion and succession. -- III.6. Other forms of dispersa. -- III.7. Summary. -- IV. Harvesting -- IV.1. Harvesting. -- IV.2. The reshuffle. -- IV.3. Influence of harvesting: theoretical. -- IV.4. Species richness: observational. -- IV.5. Disturbance. -- IV.6. Summary. -- V. Epilogue -- V.1. Spatial competition and the niche reconsidered. -- V.2. Species packing and the relation between plant and animal diversity. -- V.3. Evolutionary considerations and the tropical rain forest. -- Appendix A. Perturbation Theory -- A.1. Perturbed equilibria. -- A.2. Perturbed stability matrices. -- A.2.1. Semisimple eigenvalues. -- A.2.2. Existence of linear perturbations. -- A.2.3. Calculation of linear perturbations. -- A.3. Calculation of A. -- A.3.1. Colonization equilibria. -- A.3.2. Reshuffled equilibria. -- Appendix B. Some Lotka-Volterra Formulae -- B.1. One-species equilibria. -- B.2. Two-species equilibria. -- Appendix C. Harvesting and Two-Species Interactions -- Author Index