Nonequilibrium Ecology

by Klaus Rohde

Book Overview

Ecology has long been shaped by ideas that stress the sharing of resources and the competition for those resources, and by the assumption that populations and communities typically exist under equilibrium conditions in habitats saturated with both individuals and species. However, much evidence contradicts these assumptions and it is likely that nonequilibrium is much more widespread than might be expected. This book is unique in focusing on nonequilibrium...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521674557
• ISBN13: 9780521674553
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"