The theory of ecology
By: edited by Samuel M. Scheiner and Michael R. Willig
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780226736853
Subjects: Ecology; Philosophy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-400) and index.
Table of contents: title: A general theory of ecology / Samuel M. Scheiner and Michael R. Willig; title: Perspectives on the role of theory in ecology; title: Theory makes ecology evolve / Jurek Kolasa; title: A general, unifying theory of ecology? / Jay Odenbaugh; title: Constituent theories of ecology; title: Foraging theory / Andrew Sih; title: Ecological niche theory / Jonathan Chase; title: Single species population dynamics and its theoretical underpinnings / Alan Hastings; title: Natural enemy-victim interactions: do we have a unified theory yet? / Robert D. Holt; title: The metacommunity concept and its theoretical underpinnings / Mathew A. Leibold; title: Domain and propositions of succession theory / Steward T. A. Pickett, Scott J. Meiners, and Mary L. Cadenasso; title: The equilibrium theory of island biogeography / Dov Sax and Steven D. Gaines; title: Theories of ecosystem ecology / Ingrid C. Burke and William K. Lauenroth; title: Perspectives on global change theory / Debra P. C. Peters, Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, and Alan K. Knapp; title: A theory of ecological gradients: a framework for aligning data and models / Gordon A. Fox, Samuel M. Scheiner, and Michael R. Willig; title: Biogeographical gradient theory / Robert K. Colwell; title: The state of theory in ecology / Michael R. Willig and Samuel M. Scheiner.