Community structure and the niche/
Paul S. Giller
- London : Springer, 1984.
- x,176p. : ill. ; 24cm.
- Outline Studies in Ecology. .
Includes references.
1 Introduction and definitions.- 2 Niche theory.- 3 Competition and the niche; the effect on niche width.- 4 Competition and the niche; limiting similarity and differential niche overlap.- 5 Predation and species diversity.- 6 Competition and predation; complementarity of the hypotheses.- 7 Saturation of communities.- 8 Species diversity trends - theories and hypotheses.- 9 The relative abundance of species.- 10 Community structure: the patterns and rules.-