Competition Theory in Ecology

This novel textbook addresses the shortcomings of current competition theory and suggests a more useful approach that can provide a basis for future models that have far greater predictive ability in both ecology and evolution.

About the author

Peter A. Abrams is Professor Emeritus, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. He is recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher by ISI® and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2005. His research interests include community ecology, biogeography, aquatic ecology, biodiversity, and species interactions. He is widely regarded as one of the leading theoretical ecologists of his generation.

Summary

This novel textbook addresses the shortcomings of current competition theory and suggests a more useful approach that can provide a basis for future models that have far greater predictive ability in both ecology and evolution.

Additional text

This book offers readers a compelling introduction to these complexities.

Product details

• Authors: Abrams, Peter A. (Professor Emeritus Abrams, Peter A. Abrams
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 30.09.2022
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy
• EAN: 9780192895523
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289552-3
• Pages: 336
• Series: Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution
• Subjects: SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biological Diversity, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, MATHEMATICS / Applied, Biodiversity, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Mathematical modelling, Biodiversity / Ecosystems