The geometry of ecological interactions : simplifying spatial complexity /
edited by Ulf Dieckmann, Richard Law, and Johan A.J. Metz.
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 564 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Cambridge studies in adaptive dynamics ; 1 .
- Cambridge studies in adaptive dynamics ; 1. .
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Introduction / Empirical and Statistical Background: A Plant Ecological Perspective. A Neighborhood View of Interactions among Individual Plants / Spatial Interactions among Grassland Plant Populations / Spatio-temporal Patterns in Grassland Communities / Statistical Modeling and Analysis of Spatial Patterns / When the Mean-field Approximation Breaks Down. Grid-based Models as Tools for Ecological Research / Richard Law, Ulf Dieckmann and Johan A.J. Metz -- Peter Stoll and Jacob Weiner. Jonathan Silvertown and J. Bastow Wilson. Tomas Herben, Heinjo J. During and Richard Law. David R. Cox, Valerie Isham and Paul Northrop -- Christian Wissel. 1. A. 2. 3. 4. 5. B. 6.
The field of theoretical ecology has expanded dramatically in the last few years. This volume gives detailed coverage of the main developing areas in spatial ecological theory, and is written by world experts in the field. Integrating the perspective from field ecology with novel methods for simplifying spatial complexity, it offers a didactical treatment with a gradual increase in mathematical sophistication from beginning to end. In addition, the volume features introductions to those fundamental phenomena in spatial ecology where emerging spatial patterns influence ecological outcomes quantitatively. An appreciation of the consequences of this is required if ecological theory is to move on in the 21st century. Written for reseachers and graduate students in theoretical, evolutionary and spatial ecology, applied mathematics and spatial statistics, it will be seen as a ground breaking treatment of modern spatial ecological theory.