TY - BOOK AU - Ritchie,Mark E. TI - Scale, heterogeneity, and the structure and diversity of ecological communities T2 - Monographs in population biology SN - 9780691090696 AV - QH541.15.E24 R58 2010 U1 - 577 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press KW - Ecological heterogeneity KW - Biodiversity KW - Biotic communities KW - Animal population density N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Community ecology lives --; The geometry of heterogeneity --; Scaling relationships for the consumption of resources --; Food, resources, and scale-dependent niches --; Size structure in ecological guilds --; Heterogeneity and patterns of species diversity --; Biodiversity conservation in fractal landscapes --; Testing the model --; Perspectives, caveats, and conclusions ER -