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Competition for Space and the Structure of Ecological Communities

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  • © 1978

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Authors:
  1. Peter Yodzis

    1. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Biomathematics (LNBM, volume 25)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VI
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  2. Introduction

    • Peter Yodzis
    Pages 1-27

  3. Founder Controlled Communities

    • Peter Yodzis
    Pages 28-38

  4. Dominance Controlled Communities

    • Peter Yodzis
    Pages 39-72

  5. Harvesting

    • Peter Yodzis
    Pages 73-105

  6. Epilogue

    • Peter Yodzis
    Pages 106-115

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 116-194
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About this book

This volume is an investigation of interspecific competition for space, particularly among sessile organisms, both plant and animal, and its consequences for community structure. While my own contribu­ tion ----and the bulk of this volume --- lies in mathematical analysis of the phenomenon, I have also tried to summarize the most important natural historical aspects of these communities, and have devoted much effort to relating the mathematical results to observations of the natural world. Thus, the volume has both a synthetic and an analytic aspect. On the one hand, I have been struck by certain similarities among many communities, from forests to mussel beds, in which spatial com­ petition is important. On the other hand, I have analyzed this pheno­ menon by means of reaction-dispersal models. Finally, the mathematical analysis has suggested a conceptual framework for these communities which, I believe, further unifies and illuminates the field data. A focal perception of this work is that, just as niche relations provide an appropriate expression of the influence of resource compe­ tition on community structure, so do dominance relations provide an appropriate expression of the influence of spatial competition.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    Peter Yodzis

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Competition for Space and the Structure of Ecological Communities

  • Authors: Peter Yodzis

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Biomathematics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93097-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1978

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-08936-0Published: 01 October 1978

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-93097-3Published: 08 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0341-633X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-9981

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 194

  • Topics: Mathematics, general

  • Industry Sectors: Engineering, IT & Software

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