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Species richness and population dynamics of animal assemblages. Patterns in body size: abundance space
Abstract
Links between population dynamics, the relative abundance of species and the richness of animal communities are reviewed within the framework ol a simple conceptual model, based on body size and abundance. Populations of individual species occupy positions in this body size: abundance space. Problems of relative abundance and absolute species-richness revolve around a number ol simple questions, including: what determines the upper and lower bounds (maximum and minimum population densities) of species in the assemblage; what determines the overall density of points (number of species) within these bounds; and how are the vertical and horizontal partitioning rules between species decided? The answers to these, and related questions, are briefly reviewed.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Lawton, J. H.
- Venue
- Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences
- Publisher
- The Royal Society
- Published
- 1990-11-29
- Volume
- 330
- Issue
- 1257
- Pages
- 283-291
- ISSN
- 0962-8436 (ISSN-L)
- 1471-2970
- OpenAlex
- W2132174205
- Cited by
- 189
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 10.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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