Community Ecology Morin Peter J.
All life on earth occurs in natural assemblages called communities.Community ecology is the study of patterns and processes involvingthese collections of two or more species. Communities are…
Specifikacia Community Ecology Morin Peter J.
All life on earth occurs in natural assemblages called communities.Community ecology is the study of patterns and processes involvingthese collections of two or more species. Communities are typicallystudied using a diversity of techniques, including observations ofnatural history, statistical descriptions of natural patterns, laboratory and field experiments, and mathematical modelling.Community patterns arise from a complex assortment of processesincluding competition, predation, mutualism, indirect effects, habitat selection, which result in the most complex biologicalentities on earth - including iconic systems such as rainforests and coral reefs.This book introduces the reader to a balanced coverage ofconcepts and theories central to community ecology, using examplesdrawn from terrestrial, freshwater, and marine systems, andfocusing on animal, plant, and microbial species.