This book addresses an important problem in ecology: how are communities assembled from species pools? This pressing question underlies a broad array of practical problems in ecology and environmental science, including restoration of damaged landscapes, management of protected areas, and protection of threatened species. This book presents a simple logical structure for ecological assembly and addresses key areas including species pools, traits, environmental filters, and functional groups. It demonstrates the use of two predictive models (CATS and Traitspace) and consists of many wide-ranging examples including plants in deserts, wetlands, and forests, and communities of fish, amphibians, birds, mammals, and fungi. Global in scope, this volume ranges from the arid lands of North Africa, to forests in the Himalayas, to Amazonian floodplains. There is a strong focus on applications, particularly the twin challenges of conserving biodiversity and understanding community responses to climate change.
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Preface; 1. A general framework for community ecology; 2. Filters; 3. Species pools; 4. Traits; 5. Trait-environment interactions; 6. Functional groups; 7. Predictive models of community assembly; 8. Prospects and possibilities; References; Index.
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'… this book opens many intriguing questions about the theoretical framework of community ecology … The rather idiosyncratic positions expressed by the authors may be stimulating for a broad audience of ecologists, even (perhaps especially) for those who disagree. It is exactly the unusual character of this book that makes it particularly interesting.' Simone Fattorini, Community Ecology
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Offers a unifying framework for community ecology by addressing how communities are assembled from species pools.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781316512609
Publisert
2021-12-09
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
690 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
157 mm
Dybde
22 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
368