Competition and Coexistence
The question "Why are there so many species?" has puzzled ecologist for a long time. Initially, an academic question, it has gained practical interest by the recent awareness of global biodiversity loss. Species diversity in local ecosystems has always be
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Edited by I.T. Baldwin, Jena, Germany M.M. Caldwell, Logan, USA G. Heldmaier, Marburg, Germany O.L. Lange, Wiirzburg, Germany H.A. Mooney, Stanford, USA E.-D. Schulze, Jena, Germany U. Sommer, Kiel, Germany
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Competition and Coexistence
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Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sommer Universităt Kiel Institut fiir Meereskunde Diisternbrooker Weg 20 24105 Kiel Germany
Dr. Boris Worm Universităt Kiel Institut fiir Meereskunde Diisternbrooker Weg 20 24105 Kiel Germany and Dalhousie University Biology Department Halifax, NS, B3H 4Jl Canada
Cover illustration: Left photo (by B. Worm): Coexistence of numerous species at a relatively pristine rocky shore community in the Western Baltic Sea. Right photo (by C. Bostrom): Competitive exclusion of other species by the fast -growing filamentous alga Pilayella littoralis at a heavily eutrophied site in the Eastern Baltic.
ISSN 0070-8356 ISBN 978-3-642-62800-9 library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Competition and coexistence I U. Sommer and B. Worm (eds.). p. cm. -- (Ecological studies, ; v. 161) Includes bibliographical references (p. ). ISBN 978-3-642-62800-9 ISBN 978-3-642-56166-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-56166-5 1. Competition (Biology) 2. Spatial ecology. I. Sommer, illrich, 1952- II. Worm, B. (Boris), 1969- III. Series. QH546.3 .C66 2002 577.8'3--dc21
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Preface
The question "Why are there so many species?" has puzzled ecologist for a long time. Initially, an academic question, it has gained practical interest by the recent awareness of global biodiversity loss. Species diversity in local ecosystems has always been discussed in relation to the problem of competitive exclusion and the apparent contradiction between the competitive exclusion principle and th
