"Spatial Ecology" addresses the fundamental effects of space on
the dynamics of individual species and on the structure, dynamics,
diversity, and stability of multispecies communities. Although the
ecological world is unavoidably spatial, there have been few
attempts to determine how explicit considerations of space may
alter the predictions of ecological models, or what insights it may
give into the causes of broad-scale ecological patterns. As this
book demonstrates, the spatial structure of a habitat can
fundamentally alter both the qualitative and quantitative dynamics
and outcomes of ecological processes.
"Spatial Ecology" highlights the importance of space to five
topical areas: stability, patterns of diversity, invasions,
coexistence, and pattern generation. It illustrates both the
diversity of approaches used to study spatial ecology and the
underlying similarities of these approaches. Over twenty
contributors address issues ranging from the persistence of
endangered species, to the maintenance of biodiversity, to the
dynamics of hosts and their parasitoids, to disease dynamics,
multispecies competition, population genetics, and fundamental
processes relevant to all these cases. There have been many recent
advances in our understanding of the influence of spatially
explicit processes on individual species and on multispecies
communities. This book synthesizes these advances, shows the
limitations of traditional, non-spatial approaches, and offers a
variety of new approaches to spatial ecology that should stimulate
ecological research.
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