Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 377 pages)
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illustrations, maps
ISBN:
0470999594
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0470999586
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9780470999592
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9780470999585
Content:
Cover13; -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 The Macroecological Perspective -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Scale and avian ecology -- 1.3 A wider perspective -- 1.4 The macroecological approach -- 1.5 Testing macroecological hypotheses -- 1.6 The avifauna of Britain and this book -- 1.7 Organization of the book -- 2 Species Richness -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 Species richness at the smallest scales -- 2.1.2 Species richness at larger scales -- 2.1.3 Making sense of the numbers -- 2.2 Size of area -- 2.2.1 Why do larger areas contain more species? -- 2.3 Isolation -- 2.4 Local8211;regional richness relationships -- 2.5 Latitude -- 2.5.1 Why oh why? -- 2.5.2 Area again -- 2.5.3 Energy -- 2.5.4 Time hypotheses -- 2.5.5 A 'primary cause'8211;holy grail or wild goose? -- 2.6 Longitude -- 2.7 Altitude -- 2.8 Summary -- 3 Range Size -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Species8211;range size distributions -- 3.2.1 Range size measures -- 3.2.2 Patterns in the distribution of range sizes -- 3.3 Determinants of species8211;range size distributions -- 3.3.1 Random sampling -- 3.3.2 Range position -- 3.3.3 Metapopulation dynamics -- 3.3.4 Vagrancy -- 3.3.5 Niches -- 3.3.6 Speciation, extinction and temporal dynamics -- 3.3.7 Synthesis -- 3.4 Patterns of range overlap -- 3.4.1 Nestedness -- 3.4.2 Turnover -- 3.4.3 Rapoport's rule -- 3.4.4 Implications of patterns in range overlap for Eastern Wood -- 3.5 Summary -- 4 Abundance -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Abundance8211;range size relationships -- 4.2.1 The structure of abundance8211;range size relationships -- 4.2.2 What generates abundance8211;range size relationships? -- 4.2.3 Synthesis -- 4.3 Species8211;abundance distributions -- 4.3.1 Data -- 4.3.2 Descriptive models -- 4.3.3 Mechanistic models based on niche partitioning -- 4.3.4 Other mechanistic approaches -- 4.3.5 Synthesis: abundance, range size and their distributions -- 4.4 Summary -- 5 Body Size -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The distribution of body sizes -- 5.2.1 Body size measures -- 5.2.2 Scale and the body mass distribution -- 5.2.3 Discontinuities -- 5.3 What determines the shape of species8211;body size distributions? -- 5.3.1 The ultimate explanation8212;speciation and extinction rates -- 5.3.2 Why is small body size favoured? -- 5.3.3 Why do small- and large-scale body size distributions differ? -- 5.4 Spatial variation in body mass -- 5.4.1 What determines spatial variation in species body sizes? -- 5.4.2 Bergmann's rule, species8211;body size distributions and abundance -- 5.5 Abundance8211;body size relationships -- 5.5.1 What is the relationship between abundance and body size? -- 5.5.2 Why do abundance8211;body size relationships show different forms? -- 5.5.3 What generates abundance8211;body size relationships? -- 5.5.4 Synthesis -- 5.6 Summary -- 6 Synthesis -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Knitting patterns -- 6.2.1 Energy and biomass -- 6.2.2 Population size and body mass -- 6.2.3 Range size -- 6.2.4 Density -- 6.2.5 Species richness -- 6.2.6 From macro to micro -- 6.3 Eastern Wood revisited -- 6.4 Human interference -- 6.5 Final words -- References -- Appendices -- I List of Common and Scientific Bird Names -- II Eastern Wood Bre.
Content:
Macroecology is the study of large-scale community structure and the influence this has on small-scale process. In recent years there has been a definite trend towards the large-scale approach, and this work is therefore timely and relevant. As John Lawton observes in a recent journal article, "To discover general patterns, laws and rules in nature, ecology may need to pay less attention to the 'middle ground' of community ecology, relying less on reductionism and experimental manipulation, but increasing research efforts into macroecology."--("Oikos", 1999). The book is probably too advanced for the undergraduate student, and so the core market will lie with graduate and professional ecologists
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-348)
Additional Edition:
0632056533
Additional Edition:
9780632056538
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Gaston, Kevin J Pattern and process in macroecology Oxford, OX ; Malden, MA, USA : Blackwell Science, 2000
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1002/9780470999592
