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Klaus Rohde
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Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Concepts and problems
Concepts of equilibrium (balance of nature) and
nonequilibrium
History of equilibrium and nonequilibrium ecology:
some milestones in the evolution of ideas
Regulation and equilibrium in ecological systems:
some experiments and a critical discussion of
arguments given in favour of equilibrium
Nonequilibrium in populations and metapopulations:
some empirical studies
Defining the problem
2 Nonequilibrium in communities
Definition and evolution of communities
Equilibrium, and disturbance leading to
nonequilibrium
Species nonsaturation and nonequilibria
3 Interspecific competition: definition and effects
on species
Definition and types of competition, resource
limitation as its main cause
Effects of competition on species
4 Interspecific competition: effects in communities
and conclusion
General aspects and conclusion
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5 Noncompetitive mechanisms responsible for
niche restriction and segregation
Evidence for niche restriction even in the absence
of potentially interacting species, and mechanisms
responsible
Niche segregation to ensure reinforcement of
reproductive barriers
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6 Patterns over evolutionary time, present
mass extinctions
The fossil record and interpretations
Recent and present extinctions
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7 Some detailed examples at the population/
metapopulation level
Reef fishes: density dependence and equilibrium in
populations?
Kangaroos: fluctuations in rainfall are the primary
determinant of population size, but there is some
‘‘regulation’’ by negative feedback
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8 Some detailed examples at the community level
Tropical rainforests: how is diversity maintained?
Ectoparasites of marine fish: non-interactive unsaturated
communities
Insects on bracken, and wasps: type I communities
with little evidence for interspecific competition
Larval trematodes in snails: evidence for interspecific
competition (and predation) in infracommunities, and
for nonequilibrium conditions
9 Some detailed biogeographical/macroecological
patterns
Island biogeography: evidence for equilibrium conditions?
Inter- and intraoceanic patterns: historical events
and centers of diversity are important
Freshwater fishes: diversity is determined by the effects
of latitude, area, and history, but the effect of
productivity is ambiguous
Latitudinal diversity gradients: equilibrium and
nonequilibrium explanations
General global patterns in diversity
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10 An autecological comparison: the ecology of some
Aspidogastrea
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11 What explains the differences found? A summary,
and prospects for an ecology of the future
What explains the differences between communities?
A summary, and prospects for an ecology of the future
References
Taxonomic index
Subject index
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