Description
Book SynopsisThis text's main aim is to broadly summarize and synthesize current knowledge of the determinants of species diversity and provide an overview and synthesis of the major scientific questions in species coexistence.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: conceptual threads.
Origination: the basis of coexistence.
Origination and evolution of communities.
Patterns of species richness: temporal dimension.
Patterns of species richness: spatial dimension.
The niche, resources and species assembly.
Niche apportionment and relative abundances of coexisting species.
Competition, co-operation and coexistence.
Agent-mediated coexistence: predation and disturbance.
Patchiness, heterogeneity and stochasticity.
Traits and coexistence.
Stability and conservation of coexisting species.
Concluding remarks
