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Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece, Martha R. Taylor, Michael A. Pollock
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Chapter 54, Problem 2SYK
Community ecologists develop models or hypotheses to describe community structure and the factors that contribute to such structure. Briefly explain the following models described in this chapter.
- a. Competitive exclusion
- b. Energetic hypothesis
- c. Bottom-up model
- d. Top-down (trophic cascade) model
- e. Nonequilibrium model
- f. Intermediate disturbance hypothesis
- g. Island equilibrium model
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