Community assembly rules references

2006-06-14 Thread Phil Novack-Gottshall
Greetings: I am in search of major (i.e., classical or important recent) references dealing with community assembly rules. I am especially interested in those studies where the ecological characteristics (guild membership, microhabitat specialization, body size, etc.) of incoming species play

Re: Community assembly rules references

2006-06-15 Thread Yaron Ziv
Dear Phil, Here is a list of references related (some indirectly) to assembly rules: Belyea, L. R. and J. Lancaster (1999). "Assembly rules within a contingent ecology." Oikos 86: 402-416. Brown, J. H. and M. V. Lomolino (1998). Island biogeography: patterns in the assembly and evolution. Bio

Summary-Community assembly rules references

2006-06-22 Thread Phil Novack-Gottshall
Greetings: I had written a bit ago requesting references dealing with community=20 assembly rules. Because of some interest among ecolog-L participants, I=20 have compiled them below. Thank you to all who offered=20 references. (Please note the citations have not been edited.) Cheers, Phil Na