5. Spatial Heterogeneity, Resource Richness, and Species Diversity

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xi
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. 2. What Are Resources? 11
6. 3. Competition for a Single Resource 43
7. 4. Competition for Two Resources 61
8. 5. Spatial Heterogeneity, Resource Richness, and Species Diversity 98
9. 6. Resource Ratios and the Species Composition of Plant Communities 139
10. 7. A Comparison with Classical Competition Theory 190
11. 8. Space as a Resource, Disturbance, and Community Structure 205
12. 9. Concluding Questions and Speculations 228
13. Appendix 269
14. References 273
15. Author Index 291
16. Subject Index 294