CHAPTER ONE. Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. List of Tables xi
5. List of Figures xiii
6. CHAPTER ONE. Introduction 1
7. CHAPTER TWO. A Relation between Food Webs and Niche Space 6
8. CHAPTER THREE. Which Food Webs Are Interval? 28
9. CHAPTER FOUR. Statistics of Food Webs 41
10. CHAPTER FIVE. Frequencies of Interval Food Webs in Observed and Monte Carlo Samples 75
11. CHAPTER SIX. If Niche Space Is One-Dimensional 93
12. CHAPTER SEVEN. Extensions and Critique 111
13. CHAPTER EIGHT. Review of Open Problems 126
14. APPENDIX 1. Sample of Food Webs 133
15. APPENDIX 2. The Mean and Variance of Niche Overlap According to Six Food Web Models 166
16. APPENDIX 3. Expected Niche Overlaps Assuming Randomly Overlapping One-Dimensional Niches 173
17. References 174
18. Index 185