Chapter Five. Size Structure in Ecological Guilds

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Chapter One. Community Ecology Lives 1
5. Chapter Two. The Geometry of Heterogeneity 15
6. Chapter Three. Scaling Relationships for the Consumption of Resources 32
7. Chapter Four. Food, Resources, and Scale-Dependent Niches 56
8. Chapter Five. Size Structure in Ecological Guilds 84
9. Chapter Six. Heterogeneity and Patterns of Species Diversity 122
10. Chapter Seven. Biodiversity Conservation in Fractal Landscapes 148
11. Chapter Eight. Testing the Model 170
12. Chapter Nine. Perspectives, Caveats, and Conclusions 179
13. Appendix: Summary of Model Parameters 203
14. References 207
15. Index 227