5. Metacommunity Dynamics and the Unified Theory

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1. MacArthur and Wilson’s Radical Theory 1
5. 2. On Current Theories of Relative Species Abundance 30
6. 3. Dynamical Models of the Relative Abundance of Species 48
7. 4. Local Community Dynamics under Ecological Drift 76
8. 5. Metacommunity Dynamics and the Unified Theory 113
9. 6. The Unified Theory and Dynamical Species-Area Relationships 152
10. 7. Metapopulations and Biodiversity on the Metacommunity Landscape 202
11. 8. Speciation, Phylogeny, and the Evolution of Metacommunity Biodiversity 231
12. 9. Sampling, Parameter Estimation, and the Generality of the Unified Theory 281
13. 10. Reconciling Dispersal-Assembly and Niche-Assembly Theories 319
14. Literature Cited 347
15. Index 371