Diversity of Functional Traits and Interactions: Perspectives on Community Dynamics

Front Matter ....Pages i-viii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Incorporating Ontogenetic Niche Shifts into Hybrid Community Dynamics  (Takefumi Nakazawa)....Pages 3-18
 Effects of Rapid Evolution on Population Cycles and Extinction in Predator–Prey Systems  (Masato Yamamichi)....Pages 19-49
 The Possibility that the Evolution of Sexual Traits Stabilizes Ecological Communities  (Kazuya Kobayashi)....Pages 51-62
 Spatiality and Community Stability  (Akihiko Mougi)....Pages 63-77
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 Direct and Indirect Effects of Facilitation and Competition in Ecological Communities: Population Persistence, Coexistence, and Species Diversity Along the Stress Gradients  (Gaku Takimoto)....Pages 81-108
 Mathematical Modeling on Microbes and Their Roles in Community and Ecosystem: How to Handle Microbial Diversity in Modeling?  (Takeshi Miki)....Pages 109-157
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 Ecology and Evolution of Density-Dependence  (Kazutaka Kawatsu)....Pages 161-174
 Interaction-Type Diversity and Community Stability  (Akihiko Mougi)....Pages 175-190
Front Matter ....Pages 191-191
 Forecasting Ecological Time Series Using Empirical Dynamic Modeling: A Tutorial for Simplex Projection and S-map  (Masayuki Ushio, Kazutaka Kawatsu)....Pages 193-213