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Blackburn 210 $aOxford ;$aMalden, MA $cBlackwell Science$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (392 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-632-05653-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 301-348) and index. 327 $aPattern and Process in Macroecology; Contents; Preface; 1 The Macroecological Perspective; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Scale and avian ecology; 1.3 A wider perspective; 1.4 The macroecological approach; 1.5 Testing macroecological hypotheses; 1.6 The avifauna of Britain and this book; 1.7 Organization of the book; 2 Species Richness; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 Species richness at the smallest scales; 2.1.2 Species richness at larger scales; 2.1.3 Making sense of the numbers; 2.2 Size of area; 2.2.1 Why do larger areas contain more species?; 2.3 Isolation; 2.4 Local-regional richness relationships 327 $a2.5 Latitude2.5.1 Why oh why?; 2.5.2 Area again; 2.5.3 Energy; 2.5.4 Time hypotheses; 2.5.5 A 'primary cause'-holy grail or wild goose?; 2.6 Longitude; 2.7 Altitude; 2.8 Summary; 3 Range Size; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Species-range size distributions; 3.2.1 Range size measures; 3.2.2 Patterns in the distribution of range sizes; 3.3 Determinants of species-range size distributions; 3.3.1 Random sampling; 3.3.2 Range position; 3.3.3 Metapopulation dynamics; 3.3.4 Vagrancy; 3.3.5 Niches; 3.3.6 Speciation, extinction and temporal dynamics; 3.3.7 Synthesis; 3.4 Patterns of range overlap 327 $a3.4.1 Nestedness3.4.2 Turnover; 3.4.3 Rapoport's rule; 3.4.4 Implications of patterns in range overlap for Eastern Wood; 3.5 Summary; 4 Abundance; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Abundance-range size relationships; 4.2.1 The structure of abundance-range size relationships; 4.2.2 What generates abundance-range size relationships?; 4.2.3 Synthesis; 4.3 Species-abundance distributions; 4.3.1 Data; 4.3.2 Descriptive models; 4.3.3 Mechanistic models based on niche partitioning; 4.3.4 Other mechanistic approaches; 4.3.5 Synthesis: abundance, range size and their distributions; 4.4 Summary; 5 Body Size 327 $a5.1 Introduction5.2 The distribution of body sizes; 5.2.1 Body size measures; 5.2.2 Scale and the body mass distribution; 5.2.3 Discontinuities; 5.3 What determines the shape of species-body size distributions?; 5.3.1 The ultimate explanation-speciation and extinction rates; 5.3.2 Why is small body size favoured?; 5.3.3 Why do small- and large-scale body size distributions differ?; 5.4 Spatial variation in body mass; 5.4.1 What determines spatial variation in species body sizes?; 5.4.2 Bergmann's rule, species-body size distributions and abundance; 5.5 Abundance-body size relationships 327 $a5.5.1 What is the relationship between abundance and body size?5.5.2 Why do abundance-body size relationships show different forms?; 5.5.3 What generates abundance-body size relationships?; 5.5.4 Synthesis; 5.6 Summary; 6 Synthesis; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Knitting patterns; 6.2.1 Energy and biomass; 6.2.2 Population size and body mass; 6.2.3 Range size; 6.2.4 Density; 6.2.5 Species richness; 6.2.6 From macro to micro; 6.3 Eastern Wood revisited; 6.4 Human interference; 6.5 Final words; References; Appendices; I List of Common and Scientific Bird Names; II Eastern Wood Breeding Bird Data 327 $aIII British Bird Assemblage Data 330 $aIssues of scale have become increasingly important to ecologists. 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