Ecology of Bird Communities - of Bird Communitie

Klappentext Processes and Variations, discusses the ways in which bird community patterns have been interpreted. It describes how ecologists have gone about identifying the factors believed to influence the patterns of organization of of bird communities and examines how the complexity and variability of natural environments may influence efforts to discern and understand the nature of these communities. Zusammenfassung This second volume of Ecology of Bird Communities discusses the way in which bird community patterns have been interpreted. Processes and Variations examines how the complexity and variability of natural environments may influence efforts to discern and understand the nature of these communities. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Interpreting Community Patterns: Process Hypotheses: 1. Competition; 2. A case study: interactions among nectarivores; 3. Beyond competition: other factors influencing community structure; Part II. Community Variation in Time and Space: 4. Temporal variation of communities; 5. Spatial patchiness and scale; Part III. Prospects: 6. Concluding comments: future directions in avian community ecology; References; Author index; Subject index.

Product details

• Authors: John A. Wiens, John A. (Colorado State University) Wiens
• Assisted by: H. J. B. Birks (Editor), J. A. Wiens (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.03.1992
• EAN: 9780521426350
• ISBN: 978-0-521-42635-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Ecology of Bird Communities
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology