Ecosystems Analysis and Population Biology: Lessons for the Development of Community Ecology

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Abstract
A paradigm for combining community and population research is outlined. The essential steps are: (a) overall community analysis; (b) identification of the most important populations in the community; (c) experimental analysis of population dynamics, both numerical and genetic; and (d) integration of data in a model of the community. The paper gives examples of the use of the paradigm and some cautionary notes.