Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Contributors xiii
5. PART I. SINGLE SPECIES DYNAMICS IN SPATIAL HABITATS
6. 1. Population Dynamics i n Spatial Habitats 3
7. 2. Predictive and Practical Metapopulation Models: The Incidence Function Approach 21
8. 3. Variability, Patchiness, and J u m p Dispersal i n the Spread of an Invading Population 46
9. PART II: PARASITES, PATHOGENS, AND PREDATORS IN A SPATIALLY COMPLEX WORLD
10. Introduction 71
11. 4. The Dynamics of Spatially Distributed Host-Parasitoid Systems 75
12. 5. Basic Epidemiological Concepts i n a Spatial Context 111
13. 6. Measles: Persistence and Synchronicity in Disease Dynamics 137
14. 7. Genetics and the Spatial Ecology of Species Interactions: Th e Silene-Ustilago System 158
15. PART III: COMPETITION IN A SPATIAL WORLD
16. Introduction 181
17. 8. Competition in Spatial Habitats 185
18. 9. Biologically Generated Spatial Pattern and the Coexistence of Competing Species 204
19. 10. Habitat Destruction and Species Extinctions 233
20. 11. Local and Regional Processes as Controls of Species Richness 250
21. PART IV: THE FINAL ANALYSIS: DOES SPACE MATTER OR NOT? AND How WILL WE TEST OUR IDEAS?
22. 12. Theories of Simplification and Scaling of Spatially Distributed Processes 271
23. 13. Production Functions from Ecological Populations: A Survey with Emphasis on Spatially Implicit Models 296
24. 14. Challenges and Opportunities for Empirical Evaluation of "Spatial Theory" 318
25. References 333
26. Index 365