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paperback. The role of competition within communities, in shaping the structure and composition of the community matrix itself and in influencing day to day functioning of the system is particularly controversial. This book offers a synthesis of these arguments and suggests avenues for further research. Series: Population and Community Biology Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 338.
This book has two principal objectives. The first is to provide an overview of existing knowledge about competition. The second is to organize this knowledge in such a way that new research paths are suggested. Such a treatment of competition is badly needed. Although there is a voluminous literature on the topic there is no recent synthesis to which experienced researchers or new students may turn. This is my attempt to provide such an overview. I have tried not only to summarize what is known, but also to stress the unknowns in the hope that some new and innovative research ... Read more
This book has two principal objectives. The first is to provide an overview of existing knowledge about competition. The second is to organize this knowledge in such a way that new research paths are suggested. Such a treatment of competition is badly needed. Although there is a voluminous literature on the topic there is no recent synthesis to which experienced researchers or new students may turn. This is my attempt to provide such an overview. I have tried not only to summarize what is known, but also to stress the unknowns in the hope that some new and innovative research ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Population and Community Biology Series
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780412313608
SKU
V9780412313608
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Competition
`... Competition is certainly a theory which has generated wide debate and Keddy's book does full justice to the diversity of ideas and the quality of the arguments that concern it. It is not a book which just sets out data so as to demonstrate either the reality or the extent of competition; rather it is ... Read more