Community Ecology Processes, Models, and Applications

Population dynamic models, 26, 41, 42
Population dynamics, 20, 21, 25–7, 30 ,
37–42, 44, 58, 75, 116 , 117, 173,
174, 176, 194, 195
Population stability, 38, 41, 43, 44
Positive feedbacks, 10, 16, 88, 179
Pre-emptive competition, 47
Predation, 14, 17, 19, 26–8, 34, 37, 38 ,
47, 50, 66, 96, 97, 101–5, 107, 113,
114, 123, 127 , 128 , 129, 159 , 164,
167 , 179, 195
Predator-prey, 1, 7, 15, 20, 21, 25–7, 29,
30 , 34, 38, 40, 42, 58, 66, 107, 113,
127 , 195, 196 , 199, 200
Predator-prey interactions, 1, 15, 20,
27, 30 , 34, 66, 113
Predators, 2, 7, 9, 18–21, 30 , 32–4,
41–3, 52–3, 66–8, 70 , 71, 75–8,
84, 96–105, 107, 109–13, 117, 155,
164, 195
Priority effects, 47, 49, 52, 62, 194
Productivity, 10, 20, 21 , 32, 33 , 35, 62,
65, 75, 85, 96, 105, 108 , 118, 128,
132–4, 136–40, 152, 153, 157, 181,
184, 194, 195, 197

R
Reaction norm, 154, 155 , 159 , 160
Resilience, 26, 32–3, 37, 83, 99, 104,
107, 108 , 113, 152
Resources, 7, 11, 13–15, 18–20, 41, 43,
46–7, 65–8, 79, 86, 89, 118, 122–3,
157, 176, 182–4, 187, 189, 190 , 195,
197
Rhizobia, 180, 182 , 183, 185–8
Rhizosphere, 184, 186, 188

Rinderpest, 10

Rock–paper–scissors, 12

Rocky intertidal, 8 , 11, 48, 49

S

Salinity, 141

Salt marsh, 8 , 10, 101 , 103, 131–47

back-barrier island, 131–4, 137, 141,

143, 145

mainland, 131, 142, 143, 145, 146

Sanctions, 180 , 181, 187

Scale, 2, 3, 10, 19, 26, 46, 48–54, 57–68,

72, 74 , 75, 77, 79–80, 86, 89, 95,

123–4, 135 , 167, 177, 194–5, 197–8

Sea-level rise, 143

Sedimentation, 3, 85, 131–3, 143, 146

Seminatural habitats, 124, 126

Shape and structure, 2, 5–22

Soil biodiversity, 70, 72

Soil fauna, 70, 74, 79, 88

Soil food webs, 10, 15, 18, 22, 35 , 36, 74,

77, 87 ,88

Soil organisms, 69, 71–3, 75, 77, 79, 83,

86, 89, 157

Space and time, 1, 2, 9, 55–80, 95, 147

Species pool, 2, 45 , 46, 47, 48 ,

49–53, 60, 116 , 119 , 120, 122,

165, 194, 195

Species traits, 42, 52–3, 60, 159, 165,

166, 168, 196

Stability, 2–3, 15, 17–9, 21, 25, 26, 32,

34–8, 40–4, 69, 75, 76, 83, 84, 96,

104–10, 117, 156, 163–4, 173–4,

188, 201

Stable equilibria, 25, 34, 47

Stable limit cycles, 25, 26, 34

Structural regularities, 11–3, 15–8

Succession, 3, 40, 47, 52, 72, 77, 79,

84, 87–9, 111, 131–4, 136, 137,

140, 141, 143, 145, 189

Symbionts, 88, 91, 92 , 181, 184, 188–9

T

Temperature, 14, 28, 32, 33, 35, 73, 77,

78, 103, 107, 154, 155

Temporal instability, 84

Temporal variability, 21, 69, 70, 72, 74 ,

75, 77, 89

Top-down, 33, 42, 66, 83–6, 88, 97, 100,

101, 104, 105, 107, 112, 114, 133–7,

144, 164, 174

Top-down control, 83, 86, 97,

100, 101, 105, 107, 112, 114,

134–7, 164

Trade models, 181

Trait-mediated interactions, 159

Transients, 48, 50, 173

Trophic cascades, 26, 27, 33–5, 96, 97,

100–5, 110, 114

Trophic loops, 18, 34, 36

Trophic skew, 95, 99–100

V

Vertical spatial variability, 75, 77

W

Weak links, 34, 36

Wilderness, 115, 146

Wood wide webs, 190

Z

Zinc, 188

INDEX 247