Community Ecology Processes, Models, and Applications

Index

Note: Page numbers in italics refer to Figures, Tables and Boxes.

A
Aboveground-belowground, 84–6,
88–9
Adaptive dynamics, 42, 120
Agricultural intensification, 121, 124
Agricultural landscapes, 116, 123–6,
129
Alien species, 2, 185
Allelopathy, 12
Allometric models, 43
Allometry, 44
Alternate equilibria, 25, 26, 34
Alternate stable states, 47–50, 110–13,
193
Angiosperms, 3, 179, 183
Applications, 2, 44, 81–147, 175–6, 177
Applications of community ecology,
2, 83–93
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF),
91, 92 , 156, 179, 182, 189
Assembly rules, 47, 193

B
Basin of attraction, 32
Biodiversity, 11, 37, 70, 72, 83–5,
89, 90, 93, 99, 104–9, 113,
115, 116, 119 , 123–7, 129, 146,
147, 160
Bioenergetic dynamics, 41–4
Biological control, 2, 83, 90, 115, 117,
118, 127–9
Biotic resistance, 90, 92, 197–9
Bottom-up, 36 , 41, 66, 70, 83–6, 88, 90,
95, 101, 103, 104, 107, 112, 114,
133–4, 136, 144, 164

C
Carbon, 10, 12, 28 , 71–2, 79, 152, 156–7,
181–2, 188, 191
Catastrophic regime shift, 26
Chaotic dynamics, 13–14, 26, 32, 34,
38, 193

Chronosequence, 88, 132, 133, 135,

140, 141

Classic prisoner’s dilemma, 182

Climate change, 32, 35, 37, 57, 85, 86,

115

Climax, 47

Coevolution, 16, 90, 151, 161, 164,

175–6, 183

Cohort cycles, 29, 32

Communities over space and time, 2

Community assembly, 2, 45–54, 152,

164, 165, 173, 177, 196

Community shape, structure and

dynamics, 2

Community stability, 25, 34, 40, 110,

152, 156, 201

Competition, 1, 2, 7, 10–12, 14, 25–8,

32, 38, 39, 46, 53, 58, 65, 85–7, 89,

108, 114, 117, 118, 137–41, 156,

159 , 167, 169, 171 ,179, 181,

186–190, 195, 198, 201

Competition–colonization trade-off,

53, 59 ,60

Competition–dispersal trade-off, 52,

53, 119

Competitive exclusion, 14, 48, 157,

158, 179, 185, 187

Competitive networks, 11–15, 199, 200

Complementarity, 117, 153, 157, 173

Complex adaptive system, 42

Coniferous forest soil, 69, 70 ,77

Connectance, 17–19, 21, 39, 40, 109,

163, 170, 172, 177, 199, 201

Coupled oscillators, 32, 34

D

Decomposer organisms, 70, 88

Decomposition, 72, 79, 80 , 84, 87 , 116,

152, 156–7, 184

Detritivore, 26, 31 , 72, 100, 127 , 144, 184

Dispersal ability/limitation, 12, 48,

52–3, 62, 78, 87, 117, 121–3, 126

Disturbance, 10, 15, 46–8, 52, 53, 59 , 62,

64, 79, 88, 97, 104, 119 , 120 , 121–3,

130, 153, 173, 187

Diversity, 1–3, 12–18, 40, 43, 45, 49, 51,

59 , 61–66, 68–70, 76, 84, 86–89, 100,

102, 104–9, 113, 115–30, 142, 143,

147, 152–4, 156–8, 159 , 160–2, 164,

165, 169, 172–5, 177, 179, 183, 184,

189, 191, 194, 195, 197, 198 , 199

Diversity begets diversity, 106 , 157–8,

160

Diversity/complexity–stability

relationships, 40–3

Dynamics, 2, 3, 10, 13 , 14, 17, 20, 21,

23–54, 57, 58, 59 , 60, 62, 66, 68, 69,

73 , 75, 86, 88, 89, 95–97, 100, 102,

107, 110, 114–8, 119 , 120–3, 125,

127 ,128,130,132,151,152,156,

159, 163–5, 167–70, 172–8, 187,

193–5, 196

E

Ecological network, 3, 7–11, 15, 17, 25,

37, 194, 196, 199, 201

Ecological resilience, 26, 32–3

Ecosystem, 2, 27–8, 33–4, 37, 39, 44,

67–79, 83–90, 95–7, 101 , 108 ,

110–20, 122, 129 , 187, 196

Ecosystem processes, 2, 69–80, 83–5,

87, 90, 105, 109, 116, 158, 184, 188

Ecosystem restoration, 2, 84, 87, 89, 93

Ecosystem services, 2, 37, 115–30, 196

Elemental oscillator, 32

Endophyte, 181, 186

Endosymbionts, 181

Enemy release, 90–1

Energy fluxes, 10, 172

Environmental heterogeneity, 48, 49,

51–2, 77

Equilibrium biomass, 33–4

Exploitative competition module, 38

External drivers, 27

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