Revising the Niche Concept
Definitions and Mechanistic Models
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23708218 |
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| Authors | Jonathan M Chase (0000-0001-5580-4303), Mathew A Leibold |
| Year | 2003 |
| Pages | 19-50 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Interspecific Interactions : Ecological Niches (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.7208/chicago/9780226101811.003.0002 |
| OpenAlex | W2478070564 |
| ISBN | 9780226101811 |
| Language | EN |
This chapter proposes a quantitative definition of niche that includes a species' requirements from and impacts on a factor. Requirements refer to the conditions where an organism's birth rates exceed its death rates on a particular factor, whereas impact refers to the effect that species has on the factor. The explicit recognition of both requirement and impact components of the niche provides a general framework for understanding the problems of species interaction and coexistence, which form the basis of much ecological inquiry.
Biology · Ecological niche · Factor (programming language) · Geography · Niche · Organism · Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies · Computer Science · Ecology · Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies · Genetics · Species Distribution and Climate Change
| Highly cited | No |
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