Ecological Versatility and Community Ecology (Cambridge Studies in Ecology) - Hardcover

MacNally, Ralph C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052140553X ISBN 13: 9780521405539

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1995

Synopsis

There are mounting concerns that the management of our natural global heritage is failing to arrest the rapid extinction of enormous numbers of "specialized" species, especially in the tropics. This book is about specialization and generalization in the use of resources and habitats. The author employs a broad ecological perspective to address three main questions: how ecologists study variation in resource and habitat use and what we learn from these studies; how well existing theory accounts for observations and what the common threads among disciplines are; and finally, what the relationship between resource and habitat use is. This is the first book to provide a comprehensive analysis of ecological versatility and as such, will be of great interest to students and researchers in ecology and environmental biology.

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This book is about specialization and generalization in the use of resources and habitats. The author uses a broad ecological perspective to address three main questions. How do ecologists study variation in resource and habitat use, and what do we know from these studies? How well does existing theory account for observations, and what are the common threads between disciplines? Finally, what is the relationship between resource and habitat use? This is the first book to provide a comprehensive analysis of ecological versatility.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052140553X
• ISBN 13: 9780521405539
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 456