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Book SynopsisAddresses the fundamental effects of space on the dynamics of individual species and on the structure, dynamics, diversity, and stability of multispecies communities. This book highlights the importance of space to five topical areas: stability, patterns of diversity, invasions, coexistence, and pattern generation.
Table of ContentsPrefaceList of ContributorsPt. ISingle Species Dynamics in Spatial Habitats1Population Dynamics in Spatial Habitats32Predictive and Practical Metapopulation Models: The Incidence Function Approach213Variability, Patchiness, and Jump Dispersal in the Spread of an Invading Population46Pt. IIParasites, Pathogens, and Predators in a Spatially Complex World4The Dynamics of Spatially Distributed Host-Parasitoid Systems755Basic Epidemiological Concepts in a Spatial Context1116Measles: Persistence and Synchronicity in Disease Dynamics1377Genetics and the Spatial Ecology of Species Interactions: The Silene-Ustilago System158Pt. IIICompetition in a Spatial World8Competition in Spatial Habitats1859Biologically Generated Spatial Pattern and the Coexistence of Competing Species20410Habitat Destruction and Species Extinctions23311Local and Regional Processes as Controls of Species Richness250Pt. IVThe Final Analysis: Does Space Matter or Not? And How Will We Test Our Ideas?12Theories of Simplification and Scaling of Spatially Distributed Processes27113Production Functions from Ecological Populations: A Survey with Emphasis on Spatially Implicit Models29614Challenges and Opportunities for Empirical Evaluation of "Spatial Theory"318References333Index365
