Competition and Coexistence -

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Sommaire:
1 Introduction.- 1.1 The Intellectual Debate Until 1990.- 1.2 Progress During the Last Decade.- 1.3 Consequences for the Structure of the Book.- References.- 2 Competition in Well-Mixed Habitats: From Competitive Exclusion to Competitive Chaos.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Competition for a Single Abiotic Resource.- 2.3 Resource Storage.- 2.4 Competition for a Single Biotic Resource.- 2.5 Competition for Two Resources.- 2.6 Competition for Three Resources.- 2.7 Discussion.- References.- 3 Spatial Models of Competition.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Implicitly Spatial Models.- 3.3 Explicitly Spatial Models.- 3.4 Comparing and Connecting Methods.- 3.5 Underlying Spatial Heterogeneity.- 3.6 Competition and Coexistence.- 3.7 Future Directions.- References.- 4 Competition and Coexistence in Plankton Communities.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Competition Experiments in Laboratory Microcosms.- 4.3 Experiments in Field Mesocosms.- 4.4 Tests of the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis by Field Data.- 4.5 Herbivory and Diversity.- 4.6 The Role of Abundance and of Seasonality.- 4.7 Conclusions.- References.- 5 Competition and Coexistence in Mobile Animals.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Competition Among Mobile Animals.- 5.3 Heterogeneity, Trade-Offs, and Competition.- 5.4 Scale and Heterogeneity.- 5.5 New Challenges.- References.- 6 Competition, Coexistence and Diversity on Rocky Shores.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Disruption of Competitive Exclusion: The Non-Equilibrium View.- 6.3 Coexistence Through Trade-Offs: The Equilibrium View.- 6.4 Synthesis: Integrating the Effects of Competition, Consumption and Disturbance.- 6.5 Conclusion.- References.- 7 Competition and Coexistence in Terrestrial Plants.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Competition.- 7.3 Coexistence.- 7.4 Conclusion.- References.- 8 Synthesis: Back to Santa Rosalia, or No Wonder There Are So Many Species.- 8.1 Trade-Offs.- 8.2 Disturbance, Predation and Competition.- 8.3 The Spatial Dimension.- 8.4 Self-Generated Heterogeneity.- 8.5 Exclusive Resources.- 8.6 Slow Exclusion.- 8.7 Equilibrium vs. Non-Equilibrium Concepts.- 8.8 Future Challenges.- References.