UID:
almahu_9948026366902882
Format:
1 online resource (621 p.)
ISBN:
1-281-03706-0
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9786611037062
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0-08-053562-3
Content:
This unique book synthesizes the ongoing long-term community ecology studies of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. The studies have been conducted from deserts to rainforests as well as in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine habitats and provide valuable insight that can be obtained only through persistent, diligent, and year-after-year investigation.Long-Term Studies of Vertebrate Communities is ideal for faculty, researchers, graduate students, and undergraduates in vertebrate biology, ecology, and evolutionary biology, including ecology, natural history, and systemat
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Long-Term Studies of Vertebrate Communities; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Chapter 1. Introduction to Long-Term Community Ecological Studies; I. Introduction; II. Contents of the Book; References; Section I: Fish Communities; Chapter 2. On the Structure and Dynamics of Temperate Reef Fish Assemblages: Are Resources Tracked?; I. Introduction; II. Methods and Study Sites; III. Results and Discussion; IV. Concluding Remarks; V. Summary; References; Chapter 3. Long-Term Studies of Northern Temperate Freshwater Fish Communities; I. Introduction
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II. The Seasonal Nature of Northern Freshwater Fish CommunitiesIII. The Food Niche and Resource Division in Northern Fish Communities; IV. Habitat Separation: Assemblages and Species; V. Historical Changes in the Lake Ecosystem; VI. Discussion; VII. Summary; References; Chapter 4. Structure and Dynamics of Reef Fish Communities. A Biogeographical Comparison; I. Introduction; II. Biogeographic Patterns; III. The Nature of Reef Fish Assemblages; IV. The Great Barrier Reef and the Caribbean; V. A Comparison of Patch Reef Assemblages; VI. The Future; VII. Summary; References
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Chapter 5. Dynamic Diversity in Fish Assemblages of Tropical RiversI. Introduction; II. Methods; III. Results; IV. Discussion; V. Summary; References; Section II: Reptile and Amphibian Communities; Chapter 6. Structure and Dynamics of a Turtle Community over Two Decades; I. Introduction; II. Materials and Methods; III. Results; IV. Discussion and Conclusions; V. Summary; References; Chapter 7. Predation and Competition in Salamander Communities; I. Introduction; II. Terrestrial Salamanders; III. Streambank Salamanders; IV. Pond Salamanders; V. Discussion; VI. Summary; References
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Chapter 8. Long-Term Changes in Lizard Assemblages in the Great Victoria Desert: Dynamic Habitat Mosaics in Response to WildfiresI. Background; II. Fire Ecology in Spinifex Grasslands; III. Fire Geometry; IV. Lizard Studies; V. Summary; Appendix; References; Chapter 9. Structure and Dynamics of an Amphibian Community: Evidence from a 16-Year Study of a Natural Pond; I. Introduction; II. Study System; III. Hydroperiod; IV. Annual Variation in Breeding Populations; V. Larval Success: Interactions among Species and with Hydroperiod; VI. Discussion and Conclusions; VII. Summary; References
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Section III: Bird CommunitiesChapter 10. Role of the Sibling Species in the Dynamics of the Forest- Bird Communities in M'Passa (Northeastern Gabon); I. Introduction; II. Study Site, Avifauna, Methodology, and Some Definitions; III. The M'Passa Avifauna and Sibling Species Pairs; IV. Discussion; V. Conclusions; VI. Summary; References; Chapter 11. Bird Communities in the Central Rocky Mountains; I. Introduction; II. Long-Term Censuses in the Rocky Mountains; III. Studies in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming; IV. Synopsis; V. Summary; Appendix; References
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Chapter 12. Finch Communities in a Climatically Fluctuating Environment
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-178075-9
Language:
English
