Dispersal has become central to many questions in theoretical and applied ecology in recent years. In this volume a team of leading ecologists aim to provide the advanced student and researcher with a comprehensive review of dispersal and its implications for modern ecology.
Much contemporary ecological research is being carried out in tropical communities - they are among the most species-rich and dynamic communities in the world. Special characteristics of tropical communities have been recognized - unpredictability at the individual and species level, the uniqueness of location and time period studied, and the importance of major chance environmental events. Tropical ecologists must now set these processes against the long-term directional changes that are happening regionally and globally to answer new questions. The demands on tropical ecologists are to be increasingly prescriptive rather than descriptive, and this presents new challenges. A new conceptual framework is required, and the authors and editors of this book hope to signal how such a framework might be developed.
Macroecology: Concepts and Consequences brings together for the first time major researchers in the field to present overviews of current thinking about the form and determinants of macroecological patterns. Each section presents different viewpoints on the answer to a key question in macroecology, such as why are most species rare, why are most species small-bodied, and why are most species restricted in their distribution?
This latest Symposium Volume of the British Ecological Society takes a multidisciplinary approach to understanding community ecology. The meeting assembled a collection of speakers from disciplines as diverse as mycology, entomology, nematology, population ecology and theoretical ecology. Their interactions are brought together in this book, which provides an important referenec work for all ecologists. Throughout, the direct and indirect interactions between organisms from two or more trophic levels are emphasized in comprehensive reviews. The topics are arranged in sections, each of which has an overview introduction and summary, the latter highlighting future avenues for research
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