Vellend, Mark,  1973- <br/><br/>
The theory of ecological communities /Mark Vellend. 

 - Princeton :  Princeton University Press,  (c)2016. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - Monographs in population biology ;  57 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; PART I APPROACHES, IDEAS, AND THEORIES IN COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; 2. How Ecologists Study Communities; 3. A Brief History of Ideas in Community Ecology; PART II THE THEORY OF ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES; 4. The Pursuit of Generality in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; 5. High-Level Processes in Ecological Communities; 6. Simulating Dynamics in Ecological Communities; PART III EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; 7. The Nature of Empirical Evidence; 8. Empirical Evidence: Selection; 9. Empirical Evidence: Ecological Drift and Dispersal 10. Empirical Evidence: Speciation and Species PoolsPART IV CONCLUSIONS, REFLECTIONS, AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS; 11. From Process to Pattern and Back Again; 12. The Future of Community Ecology; References; Index 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781400883790 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Biotic communities.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QH541  / .T446 2016