The two volumes of John Wiens' Ecology of Bird Communities have applications and importance to the whole field of ecology. The books contain a detailed synthesis of our current understanding of the patterns of organisation of bird communities and of the factors that may determine them, drawing from studies from all over the world. By emphasizing how proper logic and methods have or have not been followed and how different viewpoints have developed historically and have led to controversy, the scope of these books are extended far beyond the study of birds. Processes and Variations discusses the way in which bird community patterns have been interpreted. This second volume examines how the complexity and variability of natural environments may influence efforts to discern and understand the nature of these communities. Graduate students and professionals in avian biology and ecology will find these volumes a valuable stimulus and guide to future field studies and theory development.
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This second volume of Ecology of Bird Communities discusses the way in which bird community patterns have been interpreted. Processes and Variations examines how the complexity and variability of natural environments may influence efforts to discern and understand the nature of these communities.
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The most frequently offered explanation of the patterns of communities is that they are products of interspecific competition, acting either contemporaneously or in the past. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
alternative process hypotheses, environmental crunches, avian community ecology, nectar standing crop, landbird species, nectar levels, shrubsteppe birds, biogeographic scale, sink patches, experimental nests, avian ecologists, nectar availability, proximate process, wintering sparrows, habitat occupancy, flower density, species turnover, forest bird communities, fragment area, habitat patchiness, interspecific territoriality, bird densities, niche shifts, breeding bird communities, seed biomass Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, Great Tits, Year Fig, Hawaiian Islands, Mac Nally, Great Tit-Blue, New Zealand, Pied Flycatchers, Sage Sparrows, South America, United States, Van Horne, Diet Lean, Least Flycatchers, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, The Netherlands, Barro Colorado Island, Coal Tits, Farne Islands, Garden Warblers, House Wrens, Hubbard Brook, Marsh Tits, Mauna Loa New!
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The most frequently offered explanation of the patterns of communities is that they are products of interspecific competition, acting either contemporaneously or in the past. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
alternative process hypotheses, environmental crunches, avian community ecology, nectar standing crop, landbird species, nectar levels, shrubsteppe birds, biogeographic scale, sink patches, experimental nests, avian ecologists, nectar availability, proximate process, wintering sparrows, habitat occupancy, flower density, species turnover, forest bird communities, fragment area, habitat patchiness, interspecific territoriality, bird densities, niche shifts, breeding bird communities, seed biomass Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, Great Tits, Year Fig, Hawaiian Islands, Mac Nally, Great Tit-Blue, New Zealand, Pied Flycatchers, Sage Sparrows, South America, United States, Van Horne, Diet Lean, Least Flycatchers, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, The Netherlands, Barro Colorado Island, Coal Tits, Farne Islands, Garden Warblers, House Wrens, Hubbard Brook, Marsh Tits, Mauna Loa New!
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- Ecology and Evolution of Communities by Martin Cody on 4 pages
- A New Ecology: Novel Approaches to Interactive Systems by Peter W. Price on 4 pages
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- Wildlife Restoration: Techniques for Habitat Analysis and Animal Monitoring by Michael L. Morrison on page 71, page 164, and page 186
- Preserving Wildlife: An International Perspective (Flashpoints (Amherst, N.Y.).) by Mark A. Michael on page 68, and page 74
- Experimental Ecology: Issues and Perspectives by William J. Resetarits Jr. on page 279, and page 436
- Applying Landscape Ecology in Biological Conservation by Kevin Gutzwiller on page 19, and page 3
- Ecological Morphology: Integrative Organismal Biology by Peter C. Wainwright on page 41, and page 98
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