Macroevolutionary Theory on Macroecological Patterns

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Author: Peter W. Price

ISBN-10: 0521817129

ISBN-13: 9780521817127

Category: Ecology - General & Miscellaneous

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Sets the ecological themes of abundance, distribution, and population dynamics in an evolutionary context.

PrefaceAcknowledgments1The general thesis12Historical views on distribution, abundance, and population dynamics93The focal species - Basic biology484The focal species - Emergent properties685The focal group - The common sawflies916Convervent constraints in divergent taxonomic groups1257Divergent constraints and emergent properties1458Common constraints and divergent emergent properties1829The thesis applied to parasitoids, plants, and vertebrate taxa19510Theory development and synthesis220Glossary242References246Author index274Taxonomic index279Subject index287