基于过程的群落生态学理论框架

如何解释群落的物种多样性是群落生态学的核心问题之一,贯穿于群落生态学的整个发展过程,至今仍未得到圆满解决.与这个问题有关的理论层出不穷,使得群落生态学研究产生了很多混乱,这种状况促使一些生态学家开始反思群落生态学是否一定要从群落结构出发?最近,一个新的、基于过程的理论框架为群落生态学提供了更有前景的发展方向.该理论框架...

A process-based theoretical framework for community ecology

Understanding what maintains species diversity in a community is a central challenge in community ecology.However,consistent answers to this very question are not yet available.This dilemma has led some ecologists to call community ecology a mess and to rethink whether it is appropriate for community ecology to move only unidirectionally from patterns to processes.A new and promising theoretical framework is proposed.According to this new framework,there are four basic processes possible in a community: sel...