Community Ecology

Processes, Models, and Applications

Edited by Herman A. Verhoef and Peter J. Morin

Incorporates the latest developments in the field, and complements the existing textbook literature on community ecology
Co-edited by two prominent community ecologists with contributions from the top researchers in the field
Includes a mix of theoretical and applied chapters, as well as a balance of emerging and established research topics, albeit with a specific focus on food web and ecological network theory/models
Indicates future research directions and provides ideal reference material for graduate seminar courses in community ecology
Based on a proven graduate teaching course

Community Ecology

Processes, Models, and Applications

Edited by Herman A. Verhoef and Peter J. Morin

Description

Community ecology is the study of the interactions between populations of co-existing species. This book provides a survey of the state-of-the-art in theory and applications of community ecology, with special attention to topology, dynamics, the importance of spatial and temporal scale, as well as applications to emerging problems in human-dominated ecosystems (including the restoration and reconstruction of viable communities). It adopts a mainly theoretical approach and focuses on the use of network-based theory which remains little explored in standard community ecology textbooks. The book includes discussion of the effects of biotic invasions on natural communities, the linking of ecological network structure to empirically measured community properties and dynamics, the effects of evolution on community patterns and processes, and the integration of fundamental interactions into ecological networks. A final chapter indicates future research directions for the discipline. This book provides ideal graduate seminar course material.

Community Ecology

Processes, Models, and Applications

Edited by Herman A. Verhoef and Peter J. Morin

Preface
Introduction
Part I Shape and Structure
1:The Topology of Ecological Interaction Networks: The State of the Art, Owen L. Petchey, Peter J. Morin, and Han Olff
Part II Dynamics
2:Trophic Dynamics of Communities, Herman A. Verhoef and Han Olff
3:Modeling the Dynamics of Complex Food Webs, Ulrich Brose and Jennifer A. Dunne
4:Community Assembly Dynamics in Space, Tadashi Fukami
Part III Space and Time
5:Increasing Spatio-Temporal Scales: Metacommunity Ecology, Jonathan M. Chase and Janne Bengtsson
6:Spatio-Temporal Structure in Soil Communities and Ecosystem Processes, Matty P. Berg
Part IV Applications
7:Applications of Community Ecology Approaches in Terrestrial Ecosystems: Local Problems, Remote Causes, Wim H. van der Putten
8:Sea Changes: Structure and Functioning of Emerging Marine Communities, J. Emmett Duffy
9:Applied (Meta)community Ecology: Diversity and Ecosystem Services at the Intersection of Local and Regional Processes, Janne Bengtsson
10:Community Ecology and Management of Salt Marshes, Jan P. Bakker, Dries P.J. Kuijper, and Julia Stahl
Part V Future Directions
11:Evolutionary Processes in Community Ecology, Jacintha Ellers
12:Emergence of Complex Food Web Structure in Community Evolution Models, Nicolas Loeuille and Michel Loreau
13:Mutualisms and Community Organization, David Kothamasi, E. Toby Kiers, and Marcel G.A. van der Heijden
14:Emerging Frontiers of Community Ecology, Peter J. Morin
References
Index

Community Ecology

Processes, Models, and Applications

Edited by Herman A. Verhoef and Peter J. Morin

Author Information

Edited by Herman A. Verhoef, Professor of Soil Ecology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Peter J. Morin, Professor of Ecology, Evolution, & Natural Resources, Rutgers University, USA

Contributors:

Jan P. Bakker
Janne Bengtsson
Matty P. Berg
Ulrich Brose
Jonathan M. Chase
J. Emmett Duffy
Jennifer A. Dunne
Jacintha Ellers
Tadashi Fukami
E. Toby Kiers
David Kothamasi
Dries P.J. Kuijper
Nicolas Loeuille
Michel Loreau
Peter J. Morin
Han Olff
Owen L. Petchey
Julia Stahl
Marcel G.A. van der Heijden
Wim H. van der Putten
Herman A. Verhoef