(par 3.10 ) Species Richness and Diversity Species Richness and Diversity
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ecology/Species_Richness_and_Diversity Contents 1 Species Diversity Introduction 2 Abiotic Species Diversity Hypotheses 3 Biotic Species Diversity Hypotheses 4 Rapoport’s Rule 5 Diversity Measurements 1. Species Diversity Introduction Species Richness (s) is a relative term that refers to the number of species in a community, and is directly associated with measuring the diversity of species in a given area. A related term, evenness […]
(par 3.10 ) Ecological stability
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_stability From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ecological stability can refer to types of stability in a continuum ranging from resilience (returning quickly to a previous state) to constancy to persistence. The precise definition depends on the ecosystem in question, the variable or variables of interest, and the overall context. In the context of conservation ecology, stable populations are often defined as ones that […]
(par 3.10 ) Community Succession and Stability
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ecology/Community_succession_and_stability A community can be defined simply as the assemblage of the various species populations occupying the same place at the same time. (See chapter 4 for more details). Therefore, as defined by the Encyclopedia of Earth, community ecology is the branch of ecology that studies how interactions between and among species and the abiotic environment affect […]