Comparing Classical and Contemporary Niche Theory

This chapter, which discusses the similarities and differences between the classical and contemporary approaches to the niche, begins with comparisons between consumer–resource and Lotka–Volterra models. It then describes a revised niche framework that seeks to clarify and resurrect the niche concept in a more quantifiable and biologically meaningful way than the previously loosely associated ideas of the niche. The niche framework is used to illuminate a series of issues from conventional niche theory.

Biology · Ecological niche · Epistemology · Niche · Niche construction · Ecology · Philosophy · Wine Industry and Tourism