Niche : theory and application

Title
  1. Niche : theory and application / edited by Robert H. Whittaker and Simon A. Levin.
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  1. Stroudsburg, Pa. : Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross ; [New York] : Distributed by Halsted Press, [1975]

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Additional authors
  1. Whittaker, Robert H. (Robert Harding), 1920-1980
  2. Levin, Simon A.
Description
  1. xv, 448 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
Series statement
  1. Benchmark papers in ecology ; 3
Uniform title
  1. Benchmark papers in ecology ; 3.
Subject
  1. Ecology
  2. Species
  3. Biotic communities
  4. Ecosystem
  5. Species Specificity
  6. Ecology
  7. ecology
  8. 42.90 ecology: general
  9. Biotic communities
  10. Species
  11. Ökologische Nische
Genre/Form
  1. Collected Work
Contents
  1. Part I: Origin of the niche concept -- The niche-relationships of the California thrasher / Grinnell, J. -- The origin and distribution of the chestnut-backed chickadee / Grinnell, J. -- Animal ecology / Elton, C. -- The struggle for existence / Gause, G.F. -- Part II: The competitive exclusion principle -- The competitive exclusion principle / Hardin, G. -- Variations and fluctuations of the number of individuals in animal species living together / Volterra, V. -- The struggle for existence / Gause, G.F. -- Community equilibria and stability, and an extension of the competitive exclusion principle / Levin, S.A. -- Part III: Niche axes -- On bird species diversity: II. Prediction of bird census from habitat measurements / MacArthur, R.H., J.W. MacArthur, and J. Preer -- The niche exploitation pattern of the blue-gray gnatcatcher / Root, R.B. -- Distributional ecology of New Guinea birds / Diamond, J.M. -- Food web complexity and species diversity / Paine, R.T. -- Experimental populations of hydrida / Slobodkin, L.B. -- Interspecific competition between two species of bean weevil / Utida, S. -- Communities and ecosystems / Whittaker, R.H. -- Population regulation and genetic feedback / Pimentel, D. -- Genotype, environment, and population numbers / Ayala, F.J. -- The paradox of the plankton / Hutchinson, G.E. -- Part IV: Niche and habitat dimensions -- A treatise on limnology: Vol. II. Introduction to lake biology and the limnoplankton / Hutchinson, G.E. -- Comparative ecology of the interstitial fauna of fresh-water and marine beaches / Pennak, R.W. -- Gradient analysis of vegetation / Whittaker, R.H. -- A study of plankton copepod communities in the Columbia Basin, Southeastern Washington / Whittaker, R.H. and C.W. Fairbanks -- Constellation of frequent herbage plants, based on their correlation in occurrence / de Vries, D.M., J.P. Baretta, and G. Hamming -- Distribution on environmental gradients: Theory and a preliminary interpretation of distributional patterns in the avifauna of the cordillera vilcabamba, Peru / Terborgh, J. -- Ordinations of habitat relationships among breeding birds / James, F.C. -- Niche overlap as a function of environmental variability / May, R.M. and R.H. MacArthur -- Niche overlap and diffuse competition / Pianka, E.R. -- Evolution in changing environments: Some theoretical explorations / Levins, R. -- On the measurement of niche breadth and overlap / Colwell, R.K. and D.J. Futuyma -- Niche breadth and dominance of parasitic insects sharing the same host species / Price, P.W. -- Part V: Variation in space and time -- Character displacement / Brown, W.L., Jr., and E.O. Wilson -- The evolution of bill size differences among sympatric congeneric species of birds / Schoener, T.W. -- Morphological variation and width of ecological niche / Van Valen, L. -- The theory of island biogeography / MacArthur, R.H., and E.O. Wilson -- Part VI: Case histories -- The competitive structure of communities: An experimental approach with protozoa / Vandermeer, J.H. -- Population ecology of some warblers of northeastern coniferous forests / MacArthur, R.H. -- Mesopsocus populations on larch in England -- The distribution and dynamics of two closely-related coexisting species of psocoptera sharing the same food resource / Broadhead, E., and A.J. Wapshere -- Some aspects of the ecology of migrant shorebirds / Recher, H.F. -- Part VII: Conclusion -- Concluding remarks / Hutchinson, G.E. -- The theory of the niche / MacArthur, R.H. -- Niche, habitat, and ecotope / Whittaker, R.H., S.A. Levin, and R.B. Root.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographies and indexes.