Readings

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Week 2:

Hutchinson, G.E. 1959. Homage to Santa Rosalia or Why are there so many kinds of animals? Amer. Nat. Vol. 93: 145-159.

Likens, G.E., F.H. Bormann, N.M. Johnson, D.W. Fisher, and R.S. Pierce. 1970. Effects of forest cutting and herbicide treatment on nutrient budgets in the Hubbard Brook watershed-ecosystem. Ecological Monographs. 40: 23-47.

Week 3:

Hairston, N.G., F.E. Smith, and L.B. Slobodkin.1960. Community structure, population control, and competition. Amer. Nat. 94: 421-425

Connell, J.H. 1961. The influence of interspecific competition and other factors on the distribution of the barnacle Chthamalus stellatus. Ecology. 42: 710-723.

Ehrlich, P.R. and P.H. Raven. 1964. Butterflies and plants: A study in coevolution. Evolution. 18: 586-608.

Week 4:

Brooks, J.L. and S.I. Dodson. 1965. Predation, body size, and composition of plankton. Science. 150: 28-35

Paine, R.T. 1966. Food web complexity and species diversity. Amer. Nat. 100: 65-75.

Simberloff, D.S. and E.O. Wilson. 1969. Experimental zoogeography of islands: The colonization of empty islands. Ecology. 50: 278-296.