Community ecology
Community ecology is the study of the distribution, abundance, demography, and interactions between populations of cd not be precisely synonymous with population ecology. However, biologists have for some time since recognized that the most important level of organization of a species is its population, because at this level the gene pool is most coherent.
Community ecology has its origin in European plant sociology. Modern community ecology examines patterns such as variation in species richness, equitability, productivity and food web structure; it also examines processes such as predator-prey population dynamics, succession, and community assembly. Patterns and processes in turn can be considered in terms of space and time, at different scales.
See also
References
- Odum, E. P. 1959. Fundamentals of ecology. W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia and London. 546 p.
- Barbour, Burke, and Pitts, 1987. Terrestrial Plant Ecology, 2nd ed. Cummings, Menlo Park, CA.
- Ricklefs, R.E. 2005. The Economy of Nature, 6th ed. WH Freeman, USA.
Categories
Ecology