Ecosystems Analysis and Population Biology: Lessons for the Development of Community Ecology
- 1 August 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in BioScience
- Vol. 27 (8), 532-538
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1297813
Abstract
A paradigm for combining community and population research is outlined. The essential steps are: (a) overall community analysis; (b) identification of the most important populations in the community; (c) experimental analysis of population dynamics, both numerical and genetic; and (d) integration of data in a model of the community. The paper gives examples of the use of the paradigm and some cautionary notes.Keywords
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