Ecological Niches

Linking Classical and Contemporary Approaches

By: Jonathan M. Chase, Mathew A. Leibold

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Hardcover | 1 July 2003 | Edition Number 1

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Why do species live where they live? What determines the abundance and diversity of species in a given area? What role do species play in the functioning of entire ecosystems? All of these questions share a single core concept--the ecological niche. Although the niche concept has fallen into disfavor among ecologists in recent years, Jonathan M. Chase and Mathew A. Leibold argue that the niche is an ideal tool with which to unify disparate research and theoretical approaches in contemporary ecology.
Chase and Leibold define the niche as including both what an organism needs from its environment and how that organism's activities shape its environment. Drawing on the theory of consumer-resource interactions, as well as its graphical analysis, they develop a framework for understanding niches that is flexible enough to include a variety of small- and large-scale processes, from resource competition, predation, and stress to community structure, biodiversity, and ecosystem function. Chase and Leibold's synthetic approach will interest ecologists from a wide range of subdisciplines.

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"Ecological Niches is not directed to historians and philosophers, but to ecologists. Nevertheless, it contains one of the best surveys of the ecological literature pertaining to the niche concept and it represents one of the most valuable arguments for the utility of understanding the conceptual development of scientific ideas."--Keith R. Benson "History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences"

"[The authors] develop a framework for understanding niches that is flexible enough to include a variety of small- and large-scale processes, from resource competition, predation, and stress, to community structure, biodiversity, and ecosystem function. Chase and Leibold's synthetic approach will interest ecologists from a wide range of subdisciplines."--Ethology, Ecology, and Evolution-- "Ethology, Ecology, and Evolution"
"[The premise of] Ecological Niches, by Chase and Liebold, is that the niche is the nexus of evolution, population, community, and ecosystem ecology, and that the world according to a niche-based theory provides a powerful, mechanistic, predictive framework for understanding nature."-- "Trends in Ecology and Evolution"

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Preface
Introduction: History, Context, and Purpose
Revising the Niche Concept: Definitions and Mechanistic Models
Comparing Classical and Contemporary Niche Theory
Designs and Limitations of Empirical Approaches to the Niche
Incorporating Biological Complexities
Environmental Variability in Time and Space
Species Sorting in Communities
Community Succession, Assembly, and Biodiversity
Niche Relations within Ecosystems
The Evolutionary Niche
Conclusions
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