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Temporal and Spatial Aspects of Food Web Structure and Dynamics

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Ecologists of all persuasions are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of dispersal, patchiness, and spatial heterogeneity (Gilpin and Hanski, 1991; Ricklefs and Schluter, 1993; Kareiva, 1994). The significance of temporal environmental variation is also an increasingly important theme (Pimm, 1991), as is the role of life histories in determining the effects of such variation on communities (Winemiller, Chapter 28). The chapters in this section of the volume are a testament to the importance of spatial, temporal, and life history effects in food web ecology.

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  1. Robert D. Holt
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  1. Department of Biology, Vanderbilt University, Box 93B, Nashville, Tennesse, 37235, USA

    Gary A. Polis

  2. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A & M University, College Texas, 77843-2258, College Station, Texas, USA

    Kirk O. Winemiller

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Holt, R.D. (1996). Temporal and Spatial Aspects of Food Web Structure and Dynamics. In: Polis, G.A., Winemiller, K.O. (eds) Food Webs. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7007-3_25

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