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About the author peter morin is a leading experimental community ecologist. Edgar morin born edgar nahoum is a french philosopher and sociologist who has been internationally recognized for his work on complexity and complex thought, and for his scholarly contributions to such diverse fields as media studies, politics, sociology, visual anthropology, ecology, education, and systems biology. Community ecology is a dynamic field with lots of recent advances and peter morin is planning on bringing the book right up to date, revising each chapter carefully, adding new material and updating all the references. Buy community ecology by morin, peter j wileyblackwell, 2011 paperback 2nd edition on free shipping on qualified orders. Aug 22, 2011 peter morin is a leading experimental community ecologist. All life on earth occurs in natural assemblages called communities. Community ecology is the study of patterns and processes involving these. Macroecology brown 1995, cited under historical background, ecological niches chase and leibold 2003, community ecology verhoef and morin 2010, cited under applications, and community ecology. Peter morin is a leading experimental community ecologist. Community ecology focuses on existing species assemblages and recently has begun to integrate history phylogeny and continental or intercontinental dispersal to constrain community processes.
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