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Resource Competition and Community Structure. (MPB-17), Volume 17
David Tilman
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Description for Resource Competition and Community Structure. (MPB-17), Volume 17
Paperback. Series: Monographs in Population Biology. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
One of the central questions of ecology is why there are so many different kinds of plants and animals. Here David Tilman presents a theory of how organisms compete for resources and the way their competition promotes diversity. Developing Hutchinson's suggestion that the main cause of diversity is the feeding relations of species, this book builds a mechanistic, resource-based explanation...
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
Monographs in Population Biology
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691083025
SKU
V9780691083025
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Reviews for Resource Competition and Community Structure. (MPB-17), Volume 17
"Since their first monograph in population biology Princeton has regularly produced excellent innovative texts presenting to ecologists new ideas and new hypotheses to test ... [David Tilman's book] is no exception."
Naturalist
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