Research Catalog

Title

Long-term studies of vertebrate communities / edited by Martin L. Cody, Jeffrey A. Smallwood.

Publication

San Diego : Academic Press, [1996], ©1996.

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Additional Authors

• Cody, Martin L., 1941-
• Smallwood, Jeffrey A.

Description

xix, 597 pages, 1 unnumbered page of plate : illustrations (some color), maps; 24 cm

Alternative Title

Vertebrate communities

Subject

• Vertebrates
• Animal communities

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Introduction to Long-Term Community Ecological Studies / Martin L. Cody -- 2. On the Structure and Dynamics of Temperate Reef Fish Assemblages: Are Resources Tracked? / Sally J. Holbrook and Russell J. Schmitt -- 3. Long-Term Studies of Northern Temperate Freshwater Fish Communities / Allen Keast -- 4. Structure and Dynamics of Reef Fish Communities: A Biogeographical Comparison / Peter F. Sale -- 5. Dynamic Diversity in Fish Assemblages of Tropical Rivers / Kirk O. Winemiller -- 6. Structure and Dynamics of a Turtle Community over Two Decades / Justin D. Congdon and J. Whitfield Gibbons -- 7. Predation and Competition in Salamander Communities / Nelson G. Hairston, Sr -- 8. Long-Term Changes in Lizard Assemblages in the Great Victoria Desert: Dynamic Habitat Mosaics in Response to Wildfires / Eric R. Pianka --
• 9. Structure and Dynamics of an Amphibian Community: Evidence from a 16-Year Study of a Natural Pond / Raymond D. Semlitsch, David E. Scott, Joseph H. K. Pechmann and J. Whitfield Gibbons -- 10. Role of the Sibling Species in the Dynamics of the Forest-Bird Communities in M'Passa (Northeastern Gabon) / A. Brosset -- 11. Bird Communities in the Central Rocky Mountains / Martin L. Cody -- 12. Finch Communities in a Climatically Fluctuating Environment / Peter R. Grant and B. Rosemary Grant -- 13. Waterfowl Communities in the Northern Plains / Douglas H. Johnson -- 14. Small-Mammal Community Patterns in Old Fields: Distinguishing Site-Specific from Regional Processes / James E. Diffendorfer, R. D. Holt, N. A. Slade and M. S. Gaines -- 15. Long-Term Studies of Small-Mammal Communities from Disturbed Habitats in Eastern Australia / Barry J. Fox --
• 16. Organization, Diversity, and Long-Term Dynamics of a Neotropical Bat Community / Elisabeth K. V. Kalko, Charles O. Handley, Jr. and Darelyn Handley -- 17. Desert Rodents: Long-Term Responses to Natural Changes and Experimental Manipulations / Thomas J. Valone and James H. Brown.

ISBN

0121780759 (acid-free paper)

LCCN

96012813

OCLC

• 34412115
• ocm34412115

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Columbia University Libraries