Part V - Food webs and communities

Summary

Contents

We have built the conceptual basis for this part of the book through our earlier treatment of behavior, then interactions among species at the same and different trophic levels. We have also discussed population ecology in Part IV, so that we are aware of the kinds of interaction and variation that species may contribute to the communities they live in. Now, in Part V, we explore concepts and evidence on how species fit together into communities, how communities are organized and the interactions promoting order and predictability.